霊 – spirits, soul

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The kanji 霊 means spirits, soul. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レイ、リョウ (rei, ryou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たま (tama). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レイ	rei
On’yomi	リョウ	ryou
Kun’yomi	たま	tama

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: ｜・一・雨・二.

Words using 霊

幽霊ゆうれいghost

Example sentences

その家には幽霊が出るといわれる。

The house is said to be haunted.

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Kanji with the same radical

電震露需雨雪零雲雰雷霞霧霜雫霰

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.