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魂

hún

HSK 6 Character

What 魂 means

1. soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)

Other readings

魂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• húnold variant of {魂|hún}

Example sentences

• 鬼魂是存在的。
  Guǐhún shì cúnzài de.
  Ghosts exist.
• 你相信有鬼魂吗？
  Nǐ xiāngxìn yǒu guǐhún ma?
  Do you believe there are ghosts?
• 眼睛是灵魂之窗。
  The eye is the window of the soul.
• 伊万看得见鬼魂。
  Ivan can see the ghost spirits.
• 我是个自由的灵魂。
  Wǒ shì gè zìyóu de línghún.
  I have a free spirit.
• 我不相信鬼魂存在。
  Wǒ bù xiāngxìn guǐhún cúnzài.
  I don't believe that ghosts exist.

Words starting with 魂

• 魂魄hún pòsoul
• 魂不守舍hún bù shǒu shèto be preoccupied (idiom); to be inattentive; to be frightened out of one's mind
• 魂灵hún língsoul; mind; idea
• 魂飞魄散hún fēi pò sànlit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff…
• 魂不附体hún bù fù tǐlit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits; beside oneself
• 魂牵梦萦hún qiān mèng yíng(idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for
• 魂牵梦绕hún qiān mèng ràosee 魂牵梦萦

Words containing 魂

• 灵魂líng húnsoul; spirit
• 鬼魂guǐ húnghost
• 惊魂jīng húnin a panicked state; frightened
• 失魂落魄shī hún luò pò(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
• 销魂xiāo húnecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow
• 冤魂yuān húnghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances
• 神魂颠倒shén hún diān dǎolit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love…
• 阴魂yīn húnghost; spirit
• 幽魂yōu húnghost; spirit (of the dead)
• 招魂zhāo húnto call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill…
• 亡魂wáng húnsoul of the deceased; departed spirit
• 丢魂diū húnto be distracted
• 失魂shī húnto panic
• 孤魂gū húnlonely soul
• 消魂xiāo húnoverwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc); to feel transported
• 神魂shén húnmind; state of mind (often abnormal)
• 精魂jīng húnspirit; soul
• 迷魂mí húnto bewitch; to enchant; to cast a spell over sb
• 还魂huán húnto return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products)
• 迷魂汤mí hún tāngpotion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their…
• 迷魂药mí hún yàomagic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions; knockout drug; ecstasy; MDMA
• 迷魂阵mí hún zhènstratagem to trap sb; to bewitch and trap
• 迷魂香mí hún xiānga kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
• 还魂纸huán hún zhǐrecycled paper

Characters built on 云

These share the phonetic component 云 (yún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 酝yùnto brew
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 耘yúnto weed
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Characters that look like 魂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 稳wěnsettled; steady; stable
• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 璃lí(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃
• 瑰guī(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 愧kuìashamed
• 槐huáiChinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Sounds the same

Read hún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 浑muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural
• 混muddy; turbid (variant of 浑; brainless; foolish (variant of 浑; Taiwan pr. hùn
• 馄used in 馄饨
• 珲(fine jade)
• 楎clothes-horse
• 餫variant of 馄