U+970A, 霊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-970A

[U+9709]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+970B]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一金 (MBMMC), four-corner 10102, composition )

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 – see (“god; deity; soul; spirit; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. soul, spirit

Readings

  • Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)りやう (ryau, historical)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たま (tama, , Jōyō)すだま (sudama) (chi) (mi)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese  / (leng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(れい) • (rei

  1. ghost
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(たま) • (tama

  1. a soul, a spirit
Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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