魂 — hon

Parts that make up 魂

How 魂 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 魂 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 云, 鬼.

Korean example words with 魂

• 심혼心魂 Korean gloss: 온 정신
• 국혼國魂 Korean gloss: 나라의 혼
• 망혼亡魂 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 넋
• 시혼詩魂 Korean gloss: 시를 짓는 마음
• 유혼幽魂 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 넋
• 혼령魂靈 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 넋
• 혼신魂神 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 넋
• 투혼鬪魂 Korean gloss: 끝까지 투쟁하려는 기백
• 실혼失魂 Korean gloss: 몹시 두려워서 정신을 잃음
• 신혼神魂 Korean gloss: 정신과 넋을 아울러 이르는 말
• 무혼武魂 Korean gloss: 무인(武人)이 갖는 마음이나 정신
• 혼겁魂怯 Korean gloss: 혼이 빠지도록 겁을 냄. 또는 그 겁

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 魂

• 魂たましい soul; spirit; mind
• 鎮魂ちんこん repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
• 忠魂ちゅうこん loyalty; the loyal dead
• 商魂しょうこん commercial spirit
• 霊魂れいこん soul; spirit
• 魂胆こんたん ulterior motive; plot; scheme
• 精魂せいこん soul; spirit
• 入魂にゅうこん putting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all; breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue)
• 魂柱こんちゅう sound post (e.g. of a violin)
• 魂魄こんぱく soul; spirit; ghost
• 人魂ひとだま floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
• 亡魂ぼうこん departed soul; spirit

Characters sharing the phonetic 云

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “운” in Korean.

Other hanja read “혼”

Other hanja with radical 鬼