りょ

noun

  1. vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate), doppelgänger, co-walker, wraith.
  2. mankind, souls, people.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
りょ
生き霊 いきりょう
 
生き霊 いきすだま
りょ
生霊 いきりょう
生霊
生霊 いきすだま
生霊 せいれい
 
魑魅
生き魑魅 いきすだま
魑魅
生魑魅 いきすだま

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
spirits, soul
レイ リョウ たま (8th, N1)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)