Chinese characters : Query result

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.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 173

Four-angle index: 133

Karlgren code: 0836 i

Shijing occurrences: 50.3

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