魂 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 魂意味

soul, spirit

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魂 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

たましい tamashii
たま tama

KUNYOMI　訓読み

コン kon

Examples

魂の吐息を感じ始めた。

I’m feeling the breath of life.

彼の魂に平和を！

Peace to his ashes!

彼の魂は天国にいた。

His soul was in heaven.

その男は悪魔に魂を売った。

The man sold his soul to the devil.

人の魂は不滅だ。

A person’s soul is immortal.

魂は体に生命を与える。

The soul animates the body.

輝ける魂と共に。

Shine on my brilliant soul.

一寸の虫にも五分の魂。

The worm turns.

動物にも魂があると思いますか。

Do you think animals have souls?

三つ子の魂百までも。

The child is father to the man.

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弊 abuse, evil, vice, breakage

妃 queen, princess

舶 liner, ship

餓 starve, hungry, thirst

窮 hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered