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Character: 靈
Modern (Beijing) reading: líng
Preclassic Old Chinese: rēŋ
Classic Old Chinese: rēŋ
Western Han Chinese: rēŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: riēŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: liēŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: liēŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: liēŋ
Middle Chinese: lieŋ
English meaning : be felicitous, divine, intelligent, excellent, auspicious
Russian meaning[s]: 1) рел. душа умершего; дух; божество; имеющий отношение к покойнику (усопшему); 2) чудесный, таинственный; 3) тонкий; гибкий; проницательный; 4) исцеляющий, быстродействующий
Comments: For *r- cf. Min forms: Chaozhou leŋ2, Fuzhou, Xiamen liŋ2, Jianou liaŋ2.
Radical: 173
Four-angle index: 133
Karlgren code: 0836 i
Shijing occurrences: 50.3
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēŋ
Meaning: intelligent, perspicacious
Burmese: hraŋ title prefixed to the name of holy or inspired men or ascetics.
Kachin: griŋ3 be sound of mind and understanding.
Comments: Cf. also Rabha rɨŋ-a 'know'.
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Number: 2570
Character: 靈
MC description : 梗開四平青來
ZIHUI: 7227 2551
Beijing: liŋ 12
Jinan: liŋ 12
Xi'an: liŋ 12
Taiyuan: liŋ 1
Hankou: nin 12
Chengdu: nin 12
Yangzhou: lĩ 12
Suzhou: lin 12
Wenzhou: leŋ 12
Changsha: nin 12
Shuangfeng: nin 12
Nanchang: lin 31 (lit.); liaŋ 31
Meixian: lin 12
Guangzhou: lîŋ 12
Xiamen: lîŋ 12
Chaozhou: leŋ 12
Fuzhou: liŋ 12
Shanghai: liŋ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: liǝŋ 12
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