hún

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

cloud (云) + ghost (鬼) = the wandering soul

云 lends the sound hún; 鬼 carries the meaning, rooting the soul firmly in the spirit world. The soul in Chinese thought is the ethereal part of a person that can wander, detach, and survive the body.

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CloudPhonetic
GhostSemantic

她吓得都飞了。

tā xià de hún dōu fēi le。

She was so frightened her soul nearly flew away.

老人说,人死后会去另一个世界。

lǎo rén shuō, rén sǐ hòu hún huì qù lìng yī gè shì jiè。

The old man said that after a person dies, the soul goes to another world.

Words with 魂

还魂

huán hún

to return from the grave

还魂纸

huán hún zhǐ

recycled paper

销魂

xiāo hún

ecstasy

阴魂

yīn hún

ghost

阴魂不散

yīn hún bù sàn

lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)

灵魂

líng hún

soul

灵魂人物

líng hún rén wù

key figure

灵魂伴侣

líng hún bàn lǚ

soulmate

灵魂出窍

líng hún chū qiào

out-of-body experience

灵魂深处

líng hún shēn chù

in the depth of one's soul

惊魂

jīng hún

in a panicked state

惊魂甫定

jīng hún fǔ dìng

to have just recovered from a shock

More characters with 云