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Mythic Mandarin

魂魄 (hún pò): meaning and stroke order

魂魄 (hún pò) means soul.

魂魄

Simplified
魂魄
Traditional
魂魄 (same form)
Pinyin
hún pò

Stroke order of 魂魄

魂

  • hún old variant of 魂[hun2]
  • hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 䰟

Stroke by stroke

魄

  • pò (literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 魂魄

  1. hún pò
    • soul

Radicals of the characters

魂
Radical 鬼 (Kangxi radical 194) · 14 strokes · 云 on the left, 鬼 on the right
魄
Radical 鬼 (Kangxi radical 194) · 15 strokes · 白 on the left, 鬼 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

魂魄 in our stories

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  • 他的师父太乙真人心疼这个徒弟，用莲花做身体，用莲藕做骨头，把他的魂魄放了进去。

    tā de shīfu Tàiyǐ Zhēnrén xīnténg zhè gè túdì yòng liánhuā zuò shēntǐ yòng lián'ǒu zuò gǔtou bǎ tā de húnpò fàng le jìnqu

    His teacher, Master Taiyi, grieved for his disciple; he made a body from lotus flowers and bones from lotus root, and put Nezha's soul inside.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 魂魄

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).