The story of 魂

soul

魂 is composed of 云 (say) and 鬼 (ghost) . 云 is the picture of swirling air (cloud), 鬼 means a dead person. In the concept of ancient Chinese, the human soul looks like swirling air; dead person doesn’t have soul.

Vocabulary of 魂

  • 靈魂 (spirit)
  • 失魂 (clumsy
  • panic)

Classification

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