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Mythic Mandarin

灵感 (líng gǎn): meaning and stroke order

灵感 (líng gǎn) means inspiration, insight, a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor.

灵感

Simplified
灵感
Traditional
靈感
Pinyin
líng gǎn

Stroke order of 灵感

灵

  • líng quick; alert
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 靈

Stroke by stroke

感

  • gǎn to feel; to move
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 灵感

  1. líng gǎn Traditional 靈感
    • inspiration
    • insight
    • a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor

Radicals of the characters

灵
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 7 strokes · 𫜹 on top, 火 below
感
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 13 strokes · 咸 on top, 心 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.

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).