灵
líng HSK6

spirit

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Simplified form of 靈. Phonosemantic compound. 巫 represents the meaning and 霝 represents the sound.

Components

彐
彐 Simplified component

Shorthand for the 霝 component in the traditional character 靈.

火
火 Simplified component

Shorthand for the 巫 component in the traditional character 靈.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang