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漢字Kanji

魂: soul, spirit

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

鬼 carries the meaning · 云 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 鎮魂ちんこんrepose of a soul
  • 忠魂ちゅうこんloyalty; the loyal dead
  • 商魂しょうこんcommercial spirit
  • 霊魂れいこんsoul; spirit
  • 魂胆こんたんulterior motive; plot; scheme

たましいtamashii · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 魂たましいsoul; spirit; mind

Also read たま, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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云

Also built on 云

The 云 family reads ウン (un); 魂 is read コン.

鬼

Also built on ghost (鬼)

Also read コン

18 kanji share this on'yomiAll 18

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
魂 soul · 云
vs塊 clod · 土
魂 has 云 where 塊 has 土.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hún

Same form: 魂 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
魂 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
魂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hún 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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