魂
soul; spirit
14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1748.
Readings
- たましい (kun reading): 魂 (たましい) soul; 塊魂 (かたまりだましい) Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
- コン (on reading): 霊魂 (れいこん) soul; 鎮魂 (ちんこん) repose of a soul
- たま (kun reading): 荒魂 (あらたま) wild spirit (one of the aspects of the soul of a kami); 人魂 (ひとだま) floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person)
Components
- 云
- 鬼
- 二 radical two
- 儿 radical legs
- 匕 radical spoon
- 厶 radical private
- 田 radical rice field
- 鬼 radical ghost; demon
Words using 魂
- 魂 (たましい) soul
- 塊魂 (かたまりだましい) Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
- 大和魂 (やまとだましい) the Japanese spirit
- 負けじ魂 (まけじだましい) unyielding spirit
- 面魂 (つらだましい) fierce or defiant look
- 霊魂 (れいこん) soul
- 鎮魂 (ちんこん) repose of a soul
- 魂胆 (こんたん) ulterior motive
- 魂斗羅 (コントラ) Contra (video game franchise)
- 招魂社 (しょうこんしゃ) shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
- 荒魂 (あらたま) wild spirit (one of the aspects of the soul of a kami)
- 人魂 (ひとだま) floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person)
- 魂祭 (たままつり) ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
- 亡き魂 (なきたま) departed soul
- 魂緒の星 (たまおのほし) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
72 words in all.