霊

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

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)

Derived characters

𪋳

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

References

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	霊
Kyūjitai	靈

Kanji

霊

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靈)

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

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)
大(だい)元(げん)霊(れい) (daigenrei)
亡(ぼう)霊(れい) (bōrei)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
霊
れい Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spellings
靈 (kyūjitai) 灵

From Middle Chinese 靈 / 灵 (leng).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

霊(れい) • (rei)

soul; spirit
霊(れい)と肉(にく) ― rei to niku ― the soul and the flesh
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

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

Noun

霊(たま) • (tama)

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“霊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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