Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
Variants:
spirits, soul
Kun:
たま
On:
レイリョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 霊 【レイ】 soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 心霊 【シンレイ】 spirit (e.g. human spirit), soul, spirit, ghost, ethereal being
  • 英霊 【エイレイ】 spirits of war dead, person of great ability, soul of a talented person
  • 霊 【リョウ】 vengeful spirit, revengeful ghost
  • 霊異 【レイイ】 miracle, wonder, wondrous thing
  • 怨霊 【オンリョウ】 revengeful ghost, apparition
  • 新精霊 【アラショウリョウ】 spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death

Kun reading compounds

  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • alma
  • dios

Portuguese

  • espíritos
  • alma
  • fantasmas

French

  • esprits
  • âmes
1923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1891 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2390 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1688 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1867 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3480 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1808 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42309P Morohashi
2805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6532 New Nelson (John Haig)
1791 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1930 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3174 2001 Kanji
8d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1010.2 Four corner code
1-46-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
970a Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 狐疑 【コギ】 doubt, suspicion, hesitation, indecision
  • 狐疑逡巡 【コギシュンジュン】 being in doubt and unable to decide, hesitation and indecision
  • 霊狐 【レイコ】 fox with supernatural powers
  • 空狐 【クウコ】 fox with supernatural powers

Kun reading compounds

  • 狐 【きつね】 fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes), fox (i.e. a sly person), soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu, light brown, golden brown
  • 狐薊 【きつねあざみ】 Hemisteptia lyrata
  • 北狐 【きたきつね】 Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
  • 雌の狐 【めすのきつね】 bitch fox, vixen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • zorro

Portuguese

French

2878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
789 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
472 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20333X Morohashi
3568 New Nelson (John Haig)
2342 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2431 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3g6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4223.0 Four corner code
1-24-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72d0 Unicode hex code