魂 (wan4 | hun2) : soul; spirit

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魂

wan4

hun2

soul; spirit; mood

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: (#194)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

魂

This word has been viewed 7292 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jun 2011 14:59

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失魂魚 sat1 wan4 jyu4*2 = absent-minded fellow 粵

靈魂 ling4 wan4 ling2 hun2 = soul; spirit

失魂 sat1 wan4 shi1 hun2 = frightened or stricken (by sorrow), to lose one's wits

魂魄 wan4 paak3 hun2 po4 = soul

魂魄唔齊 wan4 paak3 m4 cai4 = terrified 粵

無主孤魂 mou4 zyu2 gu1 wan4 wu2 zhu3 gu1 hun2 = without a lord or master; lonely soul

回魂屍 wui4 wan4 si1 hui2 hun2 shi1 = a revenant, a reanimated corpse

鬼魂 gwai2 wan4 gui3 hun2 = ghost, spirit, apparition

迷魂 mai4 wan4 mi2 hun2 = to bewitch; to enchant; to cast a spell over sb

借屍還魂 ze3 si1 waan4 wan4 jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2 = reincarnation (lit., "a returning soul borrows a corpse")
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 魂
Unicode code for this character: U+9b42 (off-site link)

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