Chinese Character 靈 Meanings and components.

Form

靈

Meaning

靈 meaning[3] in English

Quick.

Alert.

Efficacious.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 靈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are drops of rain (霝) , and surname Wu (巫)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBRRO

How to write 靈

To write靈ling2quick you should write a combination of 霝ling2drops of … , 巫wu1surname Wu arranged in a 吕 shape:

霝 + 巫 = 靈

靈 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 靈 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 靈, looks as follow:

靈
Pinyin:ling2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Quick . Alert . Efficacious . Effective . To Come True . Spirit . Departed Soul . Coffin
霝
Pinyin:ling2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Drops Of Rain . To Fall In Drops
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
𠱠
Pinyin:ling2
巫
Pinyin:wu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu . Also Pr. [Wu2]
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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