魂魄

Chinese

		soul	soul
trad. (魂魄)		魂	魄
simp. #(魂魄)		魂	魄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan⁴ paak³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun³ pak²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fùn-phak

  (Hailu, HRS): fun pag

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hûn-phek / hûn-phiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húnpò
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: hwún-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenpoh
    • Palladius: хуньпо (xunʹpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ paak³
    • Yale: wàhn paak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ paak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ pag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ pʰaːk̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vun³ pak²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun²² pʰak̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùn-phak
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˇ pag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun² pag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fun¹¹ pʰak̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun pag
    • Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵ pʰak⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-phek
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunpheg
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² pʰiɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² pʰiɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ pʰiɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-phiak
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunphiag
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² pʰiak̚⁵/

Noun

魂魄

1. hun and po
2. soul; psyche

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (魂魄):

• → Japanese: 魂魄(こんぱく) (konpaku)
• → Korean: 혼백(魂魄) (honbaek)
• → Vietnamese: hồn phách (魂魄)

References

• “魂魄”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “魂魄”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• “魂魄”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魂	魄
こん Grade: S	はく > ぱく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

魂(こん)魄(ぱく) • (konpaku) 

1. soul of a deceased person

See also

• 魂魄 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
魂	魄

Noun

魂魄 • (honbaek) (hangeul 혼백)

1. hanja form^? of 혼백 (“soul, hun and po”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魂	魄

Verb

魂魄

1. chữ Hán form of hồn phách (“hun and po”)