魂

魂 U+9B42, 魂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B42
← 魁
[U+9B41]
CJK Unified Ideographs 魃 →
[U+9B43]

Translingual

Han character

魂 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一戈竹戈 (MIHI), four-corner 16713, composition ⿰云鬼)

References

  • KangXi: page 1461, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45787
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1994, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4428, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9B42

Chinese

trad. 魂
simp. # 魂
alternative forms 䰟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 魂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢuːn) : phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun) + semantic 鬼.

Etymology

Cognate with 雲 (OC *ɢun, “cloud”) (Carr, 1985).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 魂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸昆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuən/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuon/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwən/
Li
Rong
/ɣuən/
Wang
Li
/ɣuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 魂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hún
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwon ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m.]qʷˁə[n]/
English spiritual soul

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 魂
Reading # 1/1
No. 16353
Phonetic
component
云
Rime
group
文
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
䰟
Old
Chinese
/*ɢuːn/

Definitions

魂

  1. (religion, folklore) the hun, the soul which goes to heaven, as opposed to the 魄 (pò), which goes down to the earth with the body at death.
  2. soul; spirit
  3. mood
  4. the lofty spirit of a nation or people

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

魂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. soul, spirit
  2. vigor/vigour, willpower

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
魂
たましい
Grade: S
kun’yomi

⟨tamasipi1⟩ → */tamasipʲi/ → /tamaɕifi/ → /tamaɕiwi/ → /tamaɕiː/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tamasipi.

Compound of 魂 (tama, “soul, spirit”, see below) and an uncertain shii, possibly 強ひ (shihi → shii), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 強ふ (shifu → shiu), modern 強いる (shiiru, “to force, compel”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) た​ましい [táꜜmàshìì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ma̠ɕiː]

Noun

魂(たましい) • (tamashī) ←たましひ (tamasifi)?

  1. (religion, folklore) a soul, spirit
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3767), text here
      多麻之比(たましひ)波(は)安之多由布敝尓(あしたゆふへに)多麻布礼杼(たまふれど)安我牟祢伊多之(あがむねいたし)古非能之氣吉尓(こひのしげきに) [Man'yōgana]
      魂(たましひ)は朝(あした)夕(ゆふべ)にたまふれど我(あ)が胸(むね)痛(いた)し恋(こひ)の繁(しげ)きに [Modern spelling]
      tamashī wa ashita-yūbe ni tamafuredo aga mune itashi koi no shigeki ni
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    Synonyms: アニマ (anima), ゼーレ (zēre), ソウル (sōru), 霊魂 (reikon)
  2. mind, spirit, vigor/vigour, willpower
    Synonyms: ガイスト (gaisuto), 気力 (kiryoku), 心 (kokoro), 心魂 (kokorodama), 精神 (seishin)
  3. (figurative) spirit (manner or style of something, enthusiasm)
  4. (figurative, by extension) attitude, readiness
    Synonym: 気構え (kigamae)
  5. discretion, judgement, prudence
    Synonyms: 才略 (sairyaku), 思慮 (shiryo), 分別 (funbetsu)
  6. character, genius, talent, wisdom
    Synonyms: 素質 (soshitsu), 天分 (tenbun), 才気 (saiki)
  7. (from a warrior's "spirit") a katana (single-edged Japanese sword)
    Synonym: 刀 (katana)
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs
  • 一(いっ)寸(すん)の虫(むし)にも五(ご)分(ぶ)の魂(たましい) (issun no mushi ni mo gobu no tamashī)
  • 仏(ほとけ)作(つく)って魂(たましい)入(い)れず (hotoke tsukutte tamashī irezu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
魂
たま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tama.

Thought to be cognate with 玉 (tama, “jewel”).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

魂(たま) • (tama) ←たま (tama)?

  1. a soul, spirit
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 10, poem 448)
      空蟬(うつせみ)のからは木(き)ごとにとどむれどたまのゆくへを見(み)ぬぞかなしき
      utsusemi no kara-wa-ki-goto ni todomuredo tama no yukue o minu zo kanashiki
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    Synonym: 霊魂 (reikon)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
魂
こん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 魂 (MC ɦuən).

Compare modern Mandarin 魂 (hún)

Pronunciation

Noun

魂(こん) • (kon) 

  1. mind, spirit, will
    Synonyms: 心 (kokoro), 精神 (seishin)
  2. a soul, spirit
    Synonym: 霊魂 (reikon)
  3. hun: yang energy or spirit
    Antonym: 魄 (haku)
    Hypernym: 魂魄 (konpaku)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
魂
こころ
Grade: S
irregular

From 心 (kokoro, “heart, mind, spirit”).

Proper noun

魂(こころ) • (Kokoro) 

  1. a female given name

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 魂 (MC ɦuən).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 魂 (eumhun 넋 혼 (neok hon))

  1. Hanja form? of 혼 (“soul; spirit”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Okinawan

Kanji

魂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
魂
たまし
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

魂 (hiragana たまし, rōmaji tamashi)

  1. soul, spirit, mind

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
魂
たましー
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

魂 (hiragana たましー, rōmaji tamashī)

  1. (religion) soul of the dead
    Antonym: まぶい

References

  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963
  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

Vietnamese

Han character

魂: Hán Nôm readings: hồn, hun, hùn

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Yonaguni

Kanji

魂

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 魂 (tamashī)

Noun

魂 (hiragana たまち, rōmaji tamachi)

  1. (religion) soul; spirit

References

  • “たまち【魂】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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