招魂

to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)

Characters and words in 招魂

to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess

招 = 召 + 扌 : In front of the aorta (ao1), James II of England (zh) gives a blazing speech to recruit (招) new followers. Before giving his speech, he called everyone together via intercom (召). While speaking he is waving a toy claw (扌), which reminds many listeners of a weapon and thus provokes (招) many of them. Nevertheless, the ideas James II of England puts forward in his speech are quite contagious (招).

魂

䰟

hún = hu + (e)n2

old variant of 魂[hun2]

魂 = 云 + 鬼 : Helga Horse (hu) just entered the encampment ((e)n2) when a demon (鬼) appears out of a cloud (云) and kills her. The next thing Helga Horse knows is how her spirit (魂) leaves her dead body.

魂

hún = hu + (e)n2

soul / spirit / immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body