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<WL>灵(F靈) [líng] soul/spirit; demon/goblin/elf/pixie; 灵巧 clever, 灵活 nimble/agile, 灵便 easy@@; (HDZ:) 微温, 温度不高; 靈; (今) (简体) 靈 | <WL>灵(F靈) [líng] soul/spirit; demon/goblin/elf/pixie; 灵巧 clever, 灵活 nimble/agile, 灵便 easy@@; (HDZ:) 微温, 温度不高; 靈; (今) (简体) 靈 | ||
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| − | The character 灵 | + | The simple-form character 灵 (7 strokes) is an old form (see below), re-used as the simple form of the full-form character 靈 (24 strokes). |
| − | Note: In the old | + | The full-form character 靈 was formerly abbrev. 𩃏 (15 strokes), with the lower component which would eventually become the simple form 灵. |
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 靈() líng ‘(rain-dancing) witches’ combines 巫() wū ‘witches’ (dancing), and 霝() líng ‘rain/drizzle/mist’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𤫊(), with 王 (玉 yù) ‘ritual jade’ below; the witches dancing in the fog/mist with ritual jades, invoke/seduce/placate the gods/spirits, to | + | Note: In the old abbrev. form 𩃏 (apparently with 灵 below, instead of 𡀓), the top is 雪 ‘snow’ (instead of 霝 ‘rain/drizzle/mist’), and the bottom is 火 ‘fire’; in the abbrev. form 灵, the top component 雨 is omitted, and the resulting shape 灵 was a pre-existing obsolete character; formerly 灵 líng ‘warm’, with 彐(又) ‘hand’ over 火() ‘fire’: feel (with the hand) the warmth of the fire. |
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 靈() líng ‘(rain-dancing) witches’ combines 巫() wū ‘witches’ (dancing), and 霝() líng ‘rain/drizzle/mist’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𤫊(), with 王 (玉 yù) ‘ritual jade’ below; the witches dancing in the fog/mist with ritual jades, invoke/seduce/placate the gods/spirits, to transform mist into real rain (cf. 巫). | ||
Compare: 靈 líng ‘(anc.) rain-dance/sacrifice (to the gods/spirits, for blessing); gods/spirits; blessing; dote; effective; power; soul/spirit; beloved/deceased; glorious; bright/wise; strange; ingenious/nimble; etc.’ (HDC). | Compare: 靈 líng ‘(anc.) rain-dance/sacrifice (to the gods/spirits, for blessing); gods/spirits; blessing; dote; effective; power; soul/spirit; beloved/deceased; glorious; bright/wise; strange; ingenious/nimble; etc.’ (HDC). | ||
Compare: 雪(䨮) xuě ‘snow’. | Compare: 雪(䨮) xuě ‘snow’. | ||
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