"Ling" is a Chinese character of abundant meanings. With a large number of composing words and profound cultural connotations, "Ling" is crucial in the traditional Chinese culture.Taking the "Ling" and its composing words in The Grand Chinese Dictionary as the main research object, this article, starting from the semantic analysis on and the cultures, try to analyze its semantic system, reveal its literal sense and its basic evolution process, and emphatically explain its semantic types and the cultural connotations of its composing word by exploring its origin, classifying and comparing. |