霊
ghost; spirits; soul
15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1458.
Readings
- レイ (on reading): 幽霊 (ゆうれい) ghost; 霊 (れい) soul
- リョウ (on reading): 怨霊 (おんりょう) vengeful ghost; 悪霊 (あくりょう) evil spirit
- たま (kun reading): 言霊 (ことだま) mystical power inherent in words; 霊屋 (たまや) mausoleum
- Read as a whole word: 火産霊神 (ほむすびのかみ) Kagutsuchi
Components
Words using 霊
- 幽霊 (ゆうれい) ghost
- 霊 (れい) soul
- 精霊 (せいれい) spirit
- 亡霊 (ぼうれい) departed spirit
- 霊感 (れいかん) inspiration
- 怨霊 (おんりょう) vengeful ghost
- 悪霊 (あくりょう) evil spirit
- 死霊 (しりょう) spirit of a dead person
- 御霊 (ごりょう) spirit of a deceased person
- 御霊会 (ごりょうえ) ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead
- 言霊 (ことだま) mystical power inherent in words
- 霊屋 (たまや) mausoleum
- 御霊代 (みたましろ) something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead
- 船霊 (ふなだま) guardian deity of a ship
- 霊送り (たまおくり) sending off the spirits of one's ancestors on the last day of the Bon Festival (by lighting small fires)
- 火産霊神 (ほむすびのかみ) Kagutsuchi
- 産霊 (むすひ) divine spirit of creation
- 産霊の神 (むすびのかみ) the Creator
- 聖霊女子短大 (みそのじょしたんだい) Misono Women's Junior College
204 words in all.