魂
魂 — Soul
soul, spirit
On’yomiコン (kon)
Kun’yomiたましい (tamashii)
Kun’yomiたま (tama)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 魂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魂 | たましい tamashii | soul; spirit; mind |
| 鎮魂 | ちんこん chinkon | repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul |
| 忠魂 | ちゅうこん chuukon | loyalty; the loyal dead |
| 商魂 | しょうこん shoukon | commercial spirit |
| 霊魂 | れいこん reikon | soul; spirit |
| 魂胆 | こんたん kontan | ulterior motive; plot; scheme |
Study notes
魂 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1748 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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