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魂

魂 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たましい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「鬼」+音符「云」。「たましい」を意味する漢語｛魂｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

soul, spirit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コンJHS
Kun (native)
  • たましいJHS
  • たま
Other languages
  • 拼音hun2
  • 한글hon
  • Hán-ViệtHồn

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Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
鬼(おに)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9B42

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰云鬼

Words using this kanji

  • 魂たましい生物の肉体に宿り、心の働きをつかさどると考えられているもの。 心。精神。soul, spirit, mind, willpower
  • 魂胆こんたん心に抱いている企み。ulterior motive, plot, scheme, complicated circumstances
  • 魂こんたましい。Yang energy, spirit
  • 魂柱こんちゅうバイオリンなどの弦楽器で胴の表板と裏板の内部を繋ぐように立てた木材の柱。sound post (e.g. of a violin)
  • 魂魄こんぱく死者のたましい。霊魂。 霊の概念。精神を支える気と、肉体を支える気。soul, spirit, ghost
  • 魂祭たままつりceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
  • 魂送りたまおくりsending off the spirits of the dead
  • 魂消るたまげるびっくりする。to be astonished, to be flabbergasted, to be startled, to be amazed
  • 魂消るたまぎる非常に驚く。びっくりする。たまげる。 （古）怖がる。to be astonished, to be startled, to be appalled
  • 魂斗羅コントラContra (video game franchise)
  • 魂緒の星たまおのほしChinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), "day of the ghost"
  • 魂讃め星たまほめぼしChinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), "day of the ghost"
  • 魂迎え鳥たまむかえどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 魂不死説たましいふしせつ(theory of) the immortality of the soul
  • 魂呼ばいたまよばいcalling a dead soul back from the afterlife
  • 魂を入れ替えるたましいをいれかえるto turn over a new leaf, to reform (oneself)

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Lookup codes

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1-4-10
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1671.3
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5f9.2
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2177
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5278