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

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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

19 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 璽 【ジ】 emperor's seal
  • 璽書 【ジショ】 document with the emperor's seal
  • 霊璽 【レイジ】 something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead, imperial seal
  • 国璽 【コクジ】 great seal, seal of state

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
sae, sa

Spanish

  • sello imperial

Portuguese

  • selo imperial

French

  • sceau impérial
1329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2019 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
71 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1866 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1537 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2860 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1887 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2057 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1947 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1314 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3624 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1854 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1506 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21309 Morohashi
2911 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3683 New Nelson (John Haig)
2075 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1916 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3272 2001 Kanji
4f14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-14-5 SKIP code
1010.3 Four corner code
1-28-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74bd Unicode hex code