灵魂 línghún▶ jiwa

Stroke order

灵魂 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 灵 — 7 strokes
• 魂 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. soul
2. spirit

Related words

• 心灵Hati
• 机灵bijaksana; cerdik
• 灵感inspirasi
• 灵敏sensitif
• 灵活fleksibel

灵魂 is pronounced línghún and means “jiwa”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 灵魂 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.