魂 (hún): soul, spirit, immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
魂 (hún) is a Chinese character meaning “soul.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 云 (phonetic) and 鬼 (semantic). It ranks #1340 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 魂 spirit. Its radical form 鬼 (ghost) appears in many related characters such as 鬼 (guǐ, disembodied spirit), 魁 (kuí, chief), 魄 (pò, (literary) soul).
Definitions
- soul
- spirit
- immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵魂noun | líng hún | soul |
| 鬼魂noun | guǐ hún | ghost |
| 神魂noun | shén hún | mind |
| 销魂 | xiāo hún | ecstasy |
| 阴魂noun | yīn hún | ghost |
| 魂魄noun | hún pò | soul |
| 惊魂noun | jīng hún | in a panicked state |
| 还魂verb | huán hún | to return from the grave |
| 亡魂noun | wáng hún | soul of the deceased |
| 冤魂noun | yuān hún | ghost of one who died unjustly |
| 魂灵noun | hún líng | soul |
| 孤魂noun | gū hún | lonely soul |
| 魂飞魄散phrase | hún fēi pò sàn | lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) |
| 招魂verb | zhāo hún | to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill |
| 魂牵梦萦phrase | hún qiān mèng yíng | (idiom) to miss very much |
魂 appears in 57 compound words: 12 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 47 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 魂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (16)
wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate; one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on
to be frightened stiff; to be spooked out of one's mind; to be terror-stricken
wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate; one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on
to be frightened stiff; to be spooked out of one's mind; to be terror-stricken
Showing 12 of 16 idioms containing 魂.
Example Sentences
魂字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
hún zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "魂" has different usages in different contexts.
...夜闯平交道遭自强号高速撞飞“脑浆外溢”断魂 死者身分曝
. . . yè chuǎng píng jiāo dào zāo zì qiáng hào gāo sù zhuàng fēi nǎo jiāng wài yì duàn hún sǐ zhě shēn fēn pù
... At night, he was hit by the Ziqiang at high speed and flew away, and the identity of the deceased was exposed
美股回魂! 道指强弹400点 台积电ADR劲扬4...
měi gǔ huí hún ! dào zhǐ qiáng dàn 4 0 0 diǎn tái jī diàn A D R jìn yáng 4 . . .
U.S. stocks return! The Dow rebounded 400 points, and TSMC ADR rose by 4...
...S 4 游戏支持名单:《生化危机 9:安魂曲》《红色沙漠》《毒液突击队》
. . . S 4 yóu xì zhī chí míng dān : shēng huà wēi jī 9 : ān hún qū hóng sè shā mò dú yè tū jī duì
... S 4 Game Support List: Resident Evil 9: Requiem, Red Desert, Venom
国3龙井段惊魂!驾驶分心追撞缓撞车 车流回堵2公里
guó 3 lóng jǐng duàn jīng hún ! jià shǐ fēn xīn zhuī zhuàng huǎn zhuàng chē chē liú huí dǔ 2 gōng lǐ
National 3 Longjing section is horror! The driver was distracted and slowed down the collision, and the traffic flow was blocked for 2 kilometers
...读|“马上”体祝福里的民生期盼;AI“灵魂附..
. . . dòu mǎ shàng tǐ zhù fú lǐ de mín shēng qī pàn ; A I líng hún fù . .
... Read | Immediately, "feel the expectations of people's livelihood in the blessing; AI's "soul attachment:
你的灵魂已坠进了地狱。
Nǐ de línghún yǐ zhuì jìn le dìyù.
Your soul has been condemned to hell.
灵魂赋予肉体生命。
Línghún fùyǔ ròutǐ shēngmìng.
The soul animates the body.
她被他迷得神魂颠倒。
Tā bèi tā mí de shénhúndiāndǎo.
She's completely crazy about him.
这人把灵魂卖给魔鬼。
Zhè rén bǎ línghún mài gěi móguǐ.
The man sold his soul to the devil.
Character Family
鬼 Radical Family — Characters sharing the ghost radical
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