霊 = 雨 + 二 + 业

霊 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “spirits”. It is built from 雨 (rain), 二 (two) and 业 (upside down in a row). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1930.

Keyword: spirits
RTK frame: 1930
Strokes: 15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): レイ, リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): たま
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: духи
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 霊 spirit

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

雨 rain
二 two
业 upside down in a row

How to find 霊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rain” + “two” + “upside down in a row”. 霊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 霊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.