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霊 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「雨」

道
3Junior high level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「雨」
On
レイ・リョウれい・りょう · rei · ryō
Kun
たまtama
Meaning
spirit; soul

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

雨 "rain" with 巫 "shaman": the power that calls rain — a spirit, a soul.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレイれいrei霊感れいかん霊魂れいこん霊長類れいちょうるい
Onリョウりょうryō悪霊あくりょう死霊しりょう
Kunたまtama霊れい霊屋たまや

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 霊魂れいこん

    soul

  • 霊感れいかん

    inspiration

More words with this kanji

  • 霊廟れいびょう
  • 霊山れいざん
  • 霊柩車れいきゅうしゃ
  • 木霊こだま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖先(そせん)の霊(れい)をまつる行事(ぎょうじ)だ。

It is a rite honouring ancestral spirits.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

霊感霊魂霊感feel魂soul零zero雨rain雪snow雫drop雰atmosp…了comple…励encour…猟huntin…陵imperi…糧provis…
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Compound

Map of radical 雨Map of reading レイAll maps

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