灵

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.

彐+火→灵
彐A claw-like form used here for its sound contributionPhonetic
火FireSemantic

这个孩子很灵,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.

医生开的药很灵,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

灵通

líng tōng

fast and abundant (news)

灵位

líng wèi

memorial tablet

威灵顿

wēi líng dùn

Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw)

小灵通

xiǎo líng tōng

Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart"

灵武

líng wǔ

see 靈武市|灵武市[Ling2 wu3 Shi4]

小精灵

xiǎo jīng líng

elf

灵气

líng qì

spiritual influence (of mountains etc)

灵猫

líng māo

civet (arboreal cat)

灵石

líng shí

Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi

灵巧

líng qiǎo

deft

失灵

shī líng

out of order (of machine)

除灵

chú líng

to expel spirits

More characters with 彐

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