U+970A "霊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+970A "霊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese and Korean, where it primarily means "spirit," "soul," or "ghost." It is a variant form of the more common character 靈 (U+9748), often used in contexts related to the supernatural, religious rituals, or the essence of a being. In modern usage, it appears in words like 霊魂 (reikon, meaning spirit or soul) and 霊感 (reikan, meaning inspiration or psychic sensitivity). Its structure combines the "rain" radical (雨) at the top with components suggesting three mouths or spirits below, symbolizing a celestial or mystical influence.