魂
たましい · tamashii · JLPT N1 · noun
soul
👻 Right side 鬼 means ghost; the spirit that leaves the body at death
Left 云 is a sound hint (云 yún, 魂 hún); right 鬼 gives the ghostly meaning. Japanese たましい names the soul or spirit a person keeps after death.
魂 — 云 (cloud, phonetic) + 鬼 (ghost, semantic)
魂 is a phono-semantic compound. The 鬼 component (ghost/spirit) gives the meaning, referring to the soul or spiritual essence, while 云 (cloud) supplies the sound. In ancient Chinese thought, 魂 named the ethereal soul that rises to heaven at death, paired with 魄 the bodily soul.