霊

霊

霊 U+970A, 霊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-970A ← 霉 [U+9709] CJK Unified Ideographs 霋 → [U+970B]

Translingual

Traditional	靈
Shinjitai	霊
Simplified	灵

Han character

霊 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一金 (MBMMC), four-corner 1010₂, composition ⿳⻗一亚)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1375, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42309
• Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4063, character 15
• Unihan data for U+970A

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 霊 – see 靈 (“god; deity; soul; spirit; etc.”). (This character, 霊, is a variant form of 靈.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04497-010-1

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Japanese

Shinjitai	霊
Kyūjitai	靈

Kanji

霊

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靈)

1. soul, spirit

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
• Kun: たま (tama, 霊, Jōyō); すだま (sudama); ち (chi); み (mi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 悪(あく)霊(りょう) (akuryō): evil spirit
• 生(いき)霊(りょう) (ikiryō)
• 慰(い)霊(れい) (irei)
• 英(えい)霊(れい) (eirei)
• 怨(おん)霊(りょう) (onryō)
• 交(こう)霊(れい) (kōrei)
• 皇(こう)霊(れい) (kōrei): spirits of past emperors
• 降(こう)霊(れい) (kōrei)
• 木(こ)霊(だま) (kodama)
• 言(こと)霊(だま) (kotodama)
• 邪(じゃ)霊(れい) (jarei)
• 精(しょう)霊(りょう) (shōryō)
• 浄(じょう)霊(れい) (jōrei)
• 死(し)霊(りょう) (shiryō)
• 死(し)霊(れい) (shirei)
• 心(しん)霊(れい) (shinrei)
• 聖(せい)霊(れい) (seirei): Holy Spirit
• 精(せい)霊(れい) (seirei)
• 地(ち)霊(れい) (chirei)
• 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei)
• 妖(よう)霊(れい) (yōrei)
• 霊(れい)異(い) (reii): miracle
• 霊(れい)園(えん) (reien)
• 霊(れい)化(か) (reika)
• 霊(れい)感(かん) (reikan)
• 霊(れい)気(き) (reiki)
• 霊(れい)鬼(き) (reiki)
• 霊(れい)魂(こん) (reikon)
• 霊(れい)山(ざん) (reizan)
• 霊(れい)芝(し) (reishi): lingzhi
• 霊(れい)術(じゅつ) (reijutsu)
• 霊(れい)水(すい) (reisui): miraculous water
• 霊(れい)草(そう) (reisō)
• 霊(れい)体(たい) (reitai)
• 霊(れい)長(ちょう) (reichō)
• 霊(れい)肉(にく) (reiniku): spirit and flesh
• 霊(れい)魄(はく) (reihaku)
• 霊(れい)媒(ばい) (reibai)
• 霊(れい)猫(びょう) (reibyō): civet
• 霊(れい)魔(ま) (reima)
• 霊(れい)薬(やく) (reiyaku)
• 霊(れい)力(りょく) (reiryoku)
• 直霊(なおひ) (naohi)
• 人(にん)間(げん)霊(れい) (ningenrei)
• 亡(ぼう)霊(れい) (bōrei)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
霊
れい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
靈 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 靈 (leng).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) れ​ー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

Noun

霊(れい) • (rei)  (kyūjitai 靈)

1. ghost

Synonyms

• 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei), 死(し)霊(りょう) (shiryō), 死(し)霊(れい) (shirei), お化(ば)け (o-bake)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
霊
たま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
靈 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• 魂, 魄

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) た​ま [táꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠]

Noun

霊(たま) • (tama)  (kyūjitai 靈)

1. a soul, a spirit

Synonyms

Synonyms of 霊

• 気(き) (ki)
• 魂(たましい) (tamashii)
• 魄(たましい) (tamashii)
• 魂(こん)魄(ぱく) (konpaku)
• 精(せい) (sei)
• 心(こころ) (kokoro)
• 精(せい)神(しん) (seishin)
• 意(い)気(き) (iki)
• 意(い)志(し) (ishi)
• お化(ば)け (o-bake)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN