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Stroke order

Han character

灰 (radical 86 火+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大火 (KF), four-corner 7128₉, composition ⿸𠂇火 (GTKV) or ⿸厂火 (J))

See also

• 炭

References

• KangXi: page 665, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18859
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2188, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7070

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 又 ‎(“hand”) + 火 ‎(“fire”) – fire that can be touched with the hand (ash). Note that the hand 又 has moved so it resembles 厂; compare shape in 左/右.

Pronunciation

Definitions

灰

1. lime; mortar
   • 灰泥 (“plaster, mortar”)
   • 石灰 (shíhuī, “lime”)
   • 灰岩 (“limestone”)
2. dust; ash;
   • 電腦屏幕上有一層灰。 [MSC, trad.]
     电脑屏幕上有一层灰。 [MSC, simp.]

     Diànnǎo píngmù shàng yǒu yī céng huī. [Pinyin]

     There's a layer of dust on the computer screen.

   • 他吹乾淨這本書上的灰。 [MSC, trad.]
     他吹干净这本书上的灰。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā chuī qiánjìng zhè běn shū shàng de huī. [Pinyin]

     He blew out the dust on the book.

3. grey
   • 灰色 (huīsè, “gray color”)
4. disheartened

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: け (ke) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yōon: けい (kei) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: はい (hai)

Noun

灰 ‎(hiragana はい, romaji hai)

1. ash

Korean

Hanja

灰 • ‎(hoe) (hangeul 회, McCune-Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Mulam

Noun

灰 ‎(pu1)

1. ash

Vietnamese

Han character

灰 (hôi, hoi, khôi, vôi, hui)

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