the spirit of a being, which acts upon others spirit, divine, efficacious
酃 centers on an intangible, powerful essence: a spirit that acts upon others, divine influence, or something inherently efficacious. The given meanings all point to a non-physical force that produces real effects.
酃 is a rare character. The left component 霝 likely relates to rain or spiritual influence, while the right ⻏ (village/city) may have originally been a phonetic or semantic marker. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Rain 雨 falls over a village ⻏, but the real power is the invisible spirit 霝 that makes the rain nourish the land. That unseen force is the divine, efficacious spirit of 酃.
For レイ, imagine a ray of divine light shining through the rain onto the village: ray -> レイ, and that ray carries the spirit's power.
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