líng

quick

alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin

claw-top (彐) + fire (火) = spirit and efficacy

彐 lends the sound; 火 beneath it conjures the idea of an animating fire — the inner spark that makes something responsive, potent, or alive with spirit.

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A claw-like form used here for its sound contributionPhonetic
FireSemantic

这个孩子很,一教就会。

zhè ge hái zi hěn líng, yī jiāo jiù huì.

This child is very quick; teach them once and they get it.

医生开的药很,我喝了两天就好了。

yī shēng kāi de yào hěn líng, wǒ hē le liǎng tiān jiù hǎo le.

The medicine the doctor prescribed was very effective; I recovered after taking it for two days.

Words with 灵

除灵

chú líng

to expel spirits

长嘴百灵

cháng zuǐ bǎi líng

(bird species of China) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima)

邪灵

xié líng

evil spirits

都灵

dū líng

Torino

钟灵毓秀

zhōng líng yù xiù

(of a place) endowed with a natural beauty that nurtures people of talent (idiom)

闪灵

shǎn líng

The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel)

阿斯匹灵

ā sī pī líng

(Tw) (loanword) aspirin

阿灵顿国家公墓

ā líng dùn guó jiā gōng mù

Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA

灵长

líng cháng

long life and prosperity

灵怪

líng guài

a goblin

灵丘

líng qiū

Lingqiu county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

灵丘县

líng qiū xiàn

Lingqiu county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

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