# 霊

| 霊 | U+970A, &#38666; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-970A |
| ← 霉 [U+9709] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 霋 → [U+970B] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 靈 |
| Shinjitai | 霊 |
| Simplified | 灵 |

### Han character

霊 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一金 (MBMMC), four-corner 1010$_2$, composition ⿳⻗一亚)

#### Derived characters

* 𪋳

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1375, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42309
* Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4063, character 15
* Unihan data for U+970A

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 霊 – see 靈 (“god; deity; soul; spirit; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 靈).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04497-010-1

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 霊 |
| Kyūjitai | 靈 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靈)
* soul, spirit

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
* Kun: たま (tama, 霊, Jōyō)、すだま (sudama)、ち (chi)、み (mi)

#### Compounds

* 悪(あく)霊(りょう) (akuryō): evil spirit
* 生(いき)霊(りょう) (ikiryō)
* 慰(い)霊(れい) (irei)
* 英(えい)霊(れい) (eirei)
* 怨(おん)霊(りょう) (onryō)
* 交(こう)霊(れい) (kōrei)
* 皇(こう)霊(れい) (kōrei): spirits of past emperors
* 降(こう)霊(れい) (kōrei)
* 木(こ)霊(だま) (kodama)
* 言(こと)霊(だま) (kotodama)
* 邪(じゃ)霊(れい) (jarei)
* 精(しょう)霊(りょう) (shōryō)
* 浄(じょう)霊(れい) (jōrei)
* 死(し)霊(りょう) (shiryō)
* 死(し)霊(れい) (shirei)
* 心(しん)霊(れい) (shinrei)
* 聖(せい)霊(れい) (seirei): Holy Spirit
* 精(せい)霊(れい) (seirei)
* 地(ち)霊(れい) (chirei)
* 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei)
* 妖(よう)霊(れい) (yōrei)
* 霊(れい)異(い) (reī): miracle
* 霊(れい)園(えん) (reien)
* 霊(れい)化(か) (reika)
* 霊(れい)感(かん) (reikan)
* 霊(れい)気(き) (reiki)
* 霊(れい)鬼(き) (reiki)
* 霊(れい)魂(こん) (reikon)
* 霊(れい)山(ざん) (reizan)
* 霊(れい)芝(し) (reishi): lingzhi
* 霊(れい)術(じゅつ) (reijutsu)
* 霊(れい)水(すい) (reisui): miraculous water
* 霊(れい)草(そう) (reisō)
* 霊(れい)体(たい) (reitai)
* 霊(れい)長(ちょう) (reichō)
* 霊(れい)肉(にく) (reiniku): spirit and flesh
* 霊(れい)魄(はく) (reihaku)
* 霊(れい)媒(ばい) (reibai)
* 霊(れい)猫(びょう) (reibyō): civet
* 霊(れい)魔(ま) (reima)
* 霊(れい)薬(やく) (reiyaku)
* 霊(れい)力(りょく) (reiryoku)
* 直霊(なおひ) (naohi)
* 人(にん)間(げん)霊(れい) (ningenrei)
* 亡(ぼう)霊(れい) (bōrei)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 霊
* れい Grade: S
* kan'on
* Alternative spellings
* 靈 (kyūjitai) 灵
From Middle Chinese 靈 / 灵 (leng).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) れー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾe̞ː]

#### Noun

霊(れい) • (rei)
* ghost

##### Synonyms

* 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei), 死(し)霊(りょう) (shiryō), 死(し)霊(れい) (shirei), お化(ば)け (o-bake)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 霊
* たま Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 靈 (kyūjitai)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Alternative forms

* 魂, 魄

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たま [táꜜmà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ta̠ma̠]

#### Noun

霊(たま) • (tama)
* a soul, a spirit

##### Synonyms

* 気(き) (ki)
* 魂(たましい) (tamashii)
* 魄(たましい) (tamashii)
* 魂(こん)魄(ぱく) (konpaku)
* 精(せい) (sei)
* 心(こころ) (kokoro)
* 精(せい)神(しん) (seishin)
* 意(い)気(き) (iki)
* 意(い)志(し) (ishi)
* お化(ば)け (o-bake)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN