魄

Derived characters

 * 𡳺 𩏳 𥶱

Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Related to.


 * "illuminated part of the moon"
 * in 《生霸死霸考》 supports the definition by examining textual traditions of the Chinese classics and archaeological evidences from the era .  texts from the era commonly use the form.


 * "dark part of the moon"
 * Chiefly found in some old dictionaries based on another textual tradition, traced by to the calendrical innovations of  and later Confucian "pseudepigraphy".

Definitions

 * 1)  the, the soul which does not leave the body after death, compared to  which does.
 * 2) soul; spirit
 * 3) vigor
 * 4) body
 * 5)  bright, illuminated part of the moon
 * 6)  dark part of the moon

Definitions

 * 1) sound of falling

Kanji

 * 1) a soul

Etymology 1
Perhaps from

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)   (haku), the soul which does not leave the body after death, compared to 魂|hun (kon) which does.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.