漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
霊: spirits, soul
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 雨rain(meaning · sound)
- 一one(sound)
- 亚(meaning)
亚 carries the meaning · 雨 carries meaning and sound · 一 gives the sound
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
レイrei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 霊れいsoul; spirit; departed soul
- 慰霊いれいconsoling the spirits of the dead
- 幽霊ゆうれいghost; specter; spectre
- 霊園れいえん(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery
- 慰霊祭いれいさいmemorial service
- 亡霊ぼうれい
Also read リョウ, たま, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“When the 'rain' kanji sits on top of another character, it squishes down like a heavy cloud. It's like a storm hovering over the rest of the kanji, flavoring the meaning with weather, moisture, and the power of the sky.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 雨 sound family doesn't share one reading.
亚
Also built on 亚
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side霊 spirits · 一 + 亚
vs零 zero · 令In ChineseSimplified 灵 · traditional 靈 · líng
Three different forms: Japanese 霊, simplified 灵, traditional 靈.
- Simplified
- 灵 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 靈 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin líng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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