Kanji N1

霊: spirits, soul

霊 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning spirits, soul, written with 15 strokes. It is read レイ, リョウ (on) and たま (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 幽霊 (ゆうれい, ghost) and 霊 (れい, soul).

霊

Meanings

  • spirits
  • soul
Strokes15
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1458 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • レイ
  • リョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たま

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 霊

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 幽霊ゆうれい

    ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

    JLPT N1
  • 霊れい

    soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

  • 慰霊いれい

    consoling the spirits of the dead

  • 霊園れいえん

    (garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery

  • 亡霊ぼうれい

    departed spirit; soul of the dead

  • 慰霊祭いれいさい

    memorial service

  • 霊長れいちょう

    crown (of creation); apex; the best

  • 精霊しょうりょう

    spirit of the deceased

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.