Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: spirits, soul

Kunyomi: たま

Onyomi: レイ リョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

レイ soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost

レイエン (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park

シンレイ spirit (e.g. human spirit), soul, spirit, ghost, ethereal being

エイレイ spirits of war dead, person of great ability, soul of a talented person

リョウ vengeful spirit, revengeful ghost

レイイ miracle, wonder, wondrous thing

オンリョウ revengeful ghost, apparition

新精 アラショウリョウ spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death

Kunyomi Examples

たましい soul, spirit

魂送り たまおくり sending off the spirits of the dead