entries → 魂
TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
character · A2 (est.)
魂 =
ㄏㄨㄣˊ · hún
noun — soul, the spirit that survives the body

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a ghost, a spirit
yún — gives the sound, worn from y to halso a drifting cloud, fitting for the soul
Iyún → hún — the initial shifts, the rhyme holds
A spirit (鬼) paired with 云 yún — the cloud that drifts free. 云 carries the sound, its initial worn from y to h. Together: the soul that rises and floats off, the 魂 of 靈魂、魂魄.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

人一斷氣,一縷像雲()的氣從影裡升起,飄走了。
At the last breath, a cloud-like wisp (云) lifts from the ghost (鬼) and drifts away.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)靈魂、魂魄— the soul, the spirit常用
失魂、魂不守舍— one's wits — the soul wandered off
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension