灵 (líng): meaning and stroke order
灵 (líng) means quick, alert, efficacious, effective, to come true, spirit, departed soul, coffin.
灵
- Simplified
- 灵
- Traditional
- 靈
- Pinyin
- líng
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Stroke order of 灵
灵
- líng quick; alert
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 靈
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Meaning of 灵
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líng
Traditional 靈
- quick
- alert
- efficacious
- effective
- to come true
- spirit
- departed soul
- coffin
Radical and structure
- 灵
- Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 7 strokes · 𫜹 on top, 火 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 灵
- 灵魂 líng hún soul; spirit
- 灵感 líng gǎn inspiration; insight
- 灵活 líng huó flexible; nimble
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).