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霊

Readings

Kana: レイ、リョウ、たま
Romaji: rei, ryō, tama
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

spirits, soul

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  173
Frequency:  1458
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-8-7
Korean Reading:  ryeong
Chinese Reading:  ling2
Unicode:  970a
JIS:  4E6E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2805
Nelson Index: 5056
New Nelson Index: 6532
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8d7.2
Four Corner Index: 1010.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1923
Gakken Index: 1361
Japanese Names Index: 2390
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42309P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0055
Remembering the kanji Index: 1791
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1891
Kodansha Compact Index: 1867
Kanji in Context Index: 1688
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1793
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2442
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1808
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1930
Essential Kanji Index: 1299
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3480
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3174
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1815

Words

魂 (たましい、だましい、たま)
soul; spirit
神 (み)
soul; spirit; divine spirit
精霊 (せいれい)
spirit; soul; ghost
霊場 (れいじょう)
sacred ground
慰霊 (いれい)
comfort the spirit (of the dead)
霊 (れい)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
精霊 (しょうりょう)
spirit of the deceased
幽霊 (ゆうれい)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
悪霊 (あくりょう、あくれい)
evil spirit
心霊 (しんれい)
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
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