Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
ghost, demon
Parts:
soul, spirit
Kun:
たましいたま
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1748 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 魂 【コン】 Yang energy, spirit
  • 魂胆 【コンタン】 ulterior motive, plot, scheme, complicated circumstances, intricacies
  • 鎮魂 【チンコン】 repose of a soul, ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
  • 入魂 【ニュウコン】 putting one's heart and soul (into), giving one's all, breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue), intimacy, familiarity

Kun reading compounds

  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂不死説 【たましいふしせつ】 (theory of) the immortality of the soul
  • 一寸の虫にも五分の魂 【いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましい】 tread on a worm and it will turn, even a tiny bug will defend itself, even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
  • 死せる魂 【しせるたましい】 Dead Souls (novel by Gogol), Myortvye dushi
  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead
  • 稲魂 【うかのみたま】 the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
  • 亡き魂 【なきたま】 departed soul, spirit

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hun2
Korean:
hon

Spanish

  • alma
  • espíritu
  • corazón

Portuguese

  • alma
  • espírito

French

  • âme
  • esprit
1280 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1655 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5278 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1584 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1917 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2488 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1525 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1626 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1754 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1927 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1346 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
729 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
975 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2040 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45787 Morohashi
1063 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6835 New Nelson (John Haig)
2021 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2177 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1746 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
5f9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
1671.3 Four corner code
1-26-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b42 Unicode hex code

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
welcome, meet, greet
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
625 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 迎賓館 【ゲイヒンカン】 reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries), guest house, State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
  • 迎撃 【ゲイゲキ】 intercept, interception, counter-attack
  • 奉迎 【ホウゲイ】 welcome
  • 盛んな歓迎 【サカンナカンゲイ】 cordial reception

Kun reading compounds

  • 迎える 【むかえる】 to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to call for, to summon, to invite, to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife), to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death)

Readings

Japanese names:
むかえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying2
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

  • bienvenida
  • recibir
  • ir a recibir

Portuguese

  • receber bem
  • reunião
  • saudar

French

  • accueil
  • rencontrer
  • saluer
1207 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
726 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4669 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1062 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
949 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1055 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1098 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1133 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
680 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3796 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1939 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2632 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1717 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38748P Morohashi
3059 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6019 New Nelson (John Haig)
1702 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1837 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1145 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2644 2001 Kanji
2q4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-23-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fce Unicode hex code