The kanji 霊: meaning, readings and stroke order
霊
- Meaning
- spirit, soul
- On reading
- レイ rei、リョウ ryou
- Kun reading
- たま tama
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 雨 rain
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 靈
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- linh hồn, hồn ma (linh)
- Japanese
- しんだ ひとの たましい。ふしぎな ちから。
- Korean
- 영혼, 혼 (령·영)
- Chinese
- 灵魂、神灵 (灵)
Readings, words and example sentences
レイ rei · on reading · less common
霊園
cemetery
霊園に お参りします。
I visit the cemetery to pay my respects.
リョウ ryou · on reading · less common
悪霊
evil spirit
物語に 悪霊が 出て きます。
An evil spirit appears in the story.
たま tama · kun reading · less common
霊
spirit, soul (of the dead)
先祖の 霊を まつります。
People honor the spirits of their ancestors.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.