霊

霊	U+970A, 霊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-970A

Translingual[edit]

Traditional	靈
Shinjitai	霊
Simplified	灵

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	霊
Kyūjitai	靈

Kanji[edit]

霊

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

soul, spirit

Readings[edit]

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[edit]

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) (reī): 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[edit]

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

Alternative spelling
靈 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 靈／灵 (leng).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) れー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

Noun[edit]

霊(れい) • (rei)

ghost

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

魂, 魄

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) たま [táꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠]

Noun[edit]

霊(たま) • (tama)

a soul, a spirit

Synonyms[edit]

Synonyms of 霊

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

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霊

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