魂
䰟hún
#1,346 most
frequent character
soul
noun
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
魂 hún uses 云 yún as a sound part and 鬼, meaning spirit or ghost, as the meaning part. The first sense was 'a person's spirit'. From there it grew to 'soul; mind' and 'mood'.
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Example Sentences
他的魂在这幅画中。
tāde hún zài zhè fú huà zhōng 。
His soul is in this painting.
每个人都有自己的魂。
měigèrén dūyǒu zìjǐ de hún 。
Everyone has their own soul.
古人相信魂和体是分开的。
gǔrén xiāngxìn hún hé tǐ shì fēnkāi de 。
Ancient people believed that the soul and body are separate.
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