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魄

Mandarin · pinyin pò

(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)

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魄: pò · vigor; body; dark part of moon

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4 · po4

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bok6 · paak3 · tok3

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(religion, folklore) the po, the soul which does not leave the body after death, compared to 魂 (hún) which does.
soul; spirit
vigor
body
(archaic, Chinese astronomy) bright, illuminated part of the moon
(obsolete, retroactively proscribed) dark part of the moon

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sound of falling
used in 魄莫
used in 旁魄

character

(alt-of, alternative) only used in 落魄 (luòtuò), alternative form of 落拓 (luòtuò)

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