[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))
- spiritual world
- spirit, soul
- miraculous, mysterious
[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
[edit] Japanese
Wikipedia ja
霊 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
- soul, spirit
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
Compounds
- 言霊 (ことだま, kotodama): the soul or spirit of words
- 霊魂 (れいこん, reikon): soul
- 霊魄 (れいはく, reihaku): soul
- 霊感 (れいかん, reikan): inspiration
- 霊鬼 (れいき, reiki): spirit of the dead, (particularly malevolent)
- 聖霊 (せいれい, seirei): a Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost
- 精霊 (せいれい, seirei; しょうりょう, shōryō): spirit, soul; or spirit of the dead
- 悪霊 (あくりょう, akuryō): "evil spirit"
- 妖霊 (ようれい, yōrei): an evil spirit; a phantom
- 幽霊 (ゆうれい, yūrei): ghost, phantom, spectre
- 幽霊屋敷 (ゆうれいやしき, yūrei yashiki): a haunted house
- 怨霊 (おんりょう, onryō): vengeful ghost
- 死霊 (しりょう, shiryō; or しれい, shirei): spirit of the dead, ghost
- 亡霊 (ぼうれい, bōrei): a ghost; an apparition
- 英霊 (えいれい, eirei): spirits of fallen soldiers
- 霊術 (れいじゅつ, reijutsu): spiritism, magic, sorcery
- 木霊 (こだま, kodama): tree spirit
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- 浄霊 (じょうれい, jōrei): a spiritual purification practice
- 霊化 (れいか, reika): soul, a spiritual transformation
- 心霊 (しんれい, shinrei): psychic
- 生霊 (いきりょう, ikiryō): a wraith
- 霊草 (れいそう, reisō): mysterious or mystical herb or plant
- 霊薬 (れいやく, reiyaku): a miracle drug
- 霊媒 (れいばい, reibai) spiritualist, medium
- 霊気 (れいき, reiki): a supernatural feeling
- 霊力 (れいりょく, reiryoku): spiritual power or energy
- 霊子 (れいし, reishi): spiritual particle
- 霊体 (れいたい, reitai): spirit body
- 心霊体 (しんれいたい, shinreitai): psychical body, ectoplasm
- 慰霊碑 (いれいひ, ireihi): peace memorial
- 人間霊 (にんげんれい, ningen rei): human spirit
- 霊長類 (れいちょうるい, reichōrui): primate(s)
- 霊の世界 (れいのせかい rei no sekai): spirit world
- 聖霊降臨 (せいれいこうりん, seirei kōrin): Pentecost
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[edit] Derived terms
霊 (hiragana れい, katakana レイ, romaji rei)
- soul, spirit
霊 (hiragana たま, romaji tama)
- soul, spirit
[edit] Synonyms
Synonyms of 霊
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- 心 (こころ, kokoro): heart, mind, soul, center
- 精神 (せいしん, seishin): spirit, mind, psyche
- 意気 (いき, iki): spirit, heart
- 意志 (いし, ishi): will, intent
- お化け (おばけ, obake): ghost, monster
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[edit] Mandarin
霊 (pinyin líng (ling2), Wade-Giles ling2)
