霊

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 2.2 Kanji 2.2.1 Readings 2.2.2 Compounds 3 Mandarin 3.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

A simplified form of the ancient 靈.

[edit] Han character

霊 (radical 173 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一金 (MBMMC))

1. spirit, soul
2. spiritual world

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

霊 (hiragana ち, romaji chi)

1. spirit
2. mystical strength

[edit] Derived terms

• 幸う (chiwau)
• 雷 (ikazuchi)
• 水霊 (mizuchi)
• 野霊 (notsuchi)
• 大蛇 (orochi)

[edit] Kanji

霊 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: れい (rei), りょう (ryō)
• Kun: たま (tama)

[edit] Compounds

• 慰霊碑 (いれいひ, ireihi)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

霊 (pinyin líng (ling2), Wade-Giles ling²)