魂 — soul, spirit
たましい
魂
soul
たましい
U+9B42
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1748
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #2177
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- soul
- spirit
Readings
- On'yomi
- こん kon
- Kun'yomi
- たましい tamashii たま tama
word
たましい tamashii Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
こん kon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
2 wordsEach dot is a word containing 魂: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.