Word Meaning

はく haku

魄 is read as はく (haku) and means Yin energy.

Meaning

English

  1. Yin energy
  2. spirit

Reading

Kana

はく

Romaji

haku

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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かれははくをうしなったようにすわりこんでいた。

He sank to the ground as if he had lost his soul.

ふるいしょもつには、ひとはたましいとはくをあわせもつとかかれている。

Old texts say that a person possesses both soul and spirit.

しじんはつきのあわいひかりをはくにたとえた。

The poet compared the moon's faint light to a subtle spirit.

たたかいのあとも、かのじょのはくはすこしもゆらがなかった。

Even after the battle, her spirit did not waver in the slightest.

そのでんせつでは、しねばたましいはてんにのぼり、はくはちにかえるという。

According to that legend, when a person dies, the soul rises to heaven and the spirit returns to the earth.

I can feel not only people's souls, but also the faint spirit held by buildings, walls and such.