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Kanji Detail for 魂 - "soul, spirit, heart"

魂

  • Meaning

    魂 means "soul, spirit, heart."

    1. Soul - Spirit; the essence residing in the body that governs the mind. "Kon" is yang, "haku" is yin energy. "Kon" governs spirit, "haku" governs body. Living people have both.

    2. Heart - Feelings; emotions; spirit.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    soul; spirit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soul, spirit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 魂[hun2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soul, spirit

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The counterpart of 魄. Also called 靈魂 or 魂靈. Actually refers to the spirit of a person. In life, the soul and spirit are united. In death, the soul and spirit separate. Traditionally, what is called 神 (god) or 鬼 (ghost) was considered to be made of the soul. Hence ethereal and invisible. | State of mind. As in describing joy or sorrow as 銷魂 (soul-consuming), 斷魂 (soul-breaking) and the like.
  • Onyomitip

    kon(こん) こん

  • Kunyomitip

    tama(たま) たま

    tamashii(たましい) たましい

  • Strokestip

    14 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    鬼 (oni・kinyo)

  • Related Keywords
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