Entry
  1. Noun

    ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors

  2. collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together

    Religion

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ancestor, pioneer, founder

On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1226 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
3721.0Four corner code
673deroo
7956Unicode hex code
1-33-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3243Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4083New Nelson (John Haig)
914New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1145Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1779Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1918Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1325A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
850Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
540Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24664PMorohashi
736A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
657sakade
772Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
758henshall3
701Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
824Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1795Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spirits, soul

Kun
たま
On
レイリョウ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1458 of 2500
Radical
rain
WaniKani
Level 45

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-8-7SKIP code
8d7.2The Kanji Dictionary
1010.2Four corner code
3174deroo
970aUnicode hex code
1-46-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5056Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6532New Nelson (John Haig)
2805New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3480Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2442Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1791Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1930Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1361A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2390Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1299Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42309PMorohashi
1923A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1168Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1225Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1891Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1815Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1688Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1867Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1808Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ling2Pinyin reading
ryeongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
45WaniKani level