Hanja Analyzer
靈

靈 — ryeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
신령 령
Romanization
ryeong
English
spirit, soul; spiritual world
Mandarin
líng
Japanese on'yomi
レイ, リョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たま
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
24
Variant forms
灵 霊
Radical
雨 (173, 16 residual)
Unicode
U+9748

How 靈 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 靈 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 霝, 玉.

Korean example words with 靈

  • 선령先靈 Korean gloss: 선조의 영혼
  • 영지靈池 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 못
  • 영지靈地 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 땅
  • 영구靈柩 Korean gloss: 시체를 담은 관
  • 영기靈氣 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 기운
  • 영능靈能 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 능력
  • 영위靈威 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 위력
  • 영험靈驗 Korean gloss: ‘영검’의 원말
  • 혼령魂靈 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 넋
  • 망령亡靈 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 영혼
  • 유령遺靈 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 혼령
  • 영봉靈峯 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 산봉우리

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Other hanja read “령”

令 伶 另 呤 呬 囹 姈 岭 岺 嶺 怜 昤 欞 泠 灵 玲 秢 笭 羚 翎 聆 苓 蛉 軨 逞 鈴 零 霊 領 鴒 鹷 齡

Other hanja with radical 雨

雨 雩 雪 雯 雰 雱 雲 零 雷 雹 雺 電 需 霂 霄 霅 霆 震 霈 霉 霊 霌 霍 霎 霏 霑 霓 霔 霖 霙 霜 霞 霢 霣 霦 霧 霪 霰 露 霸 霹 霽 霾 靂 靄 靆 靉 靌

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