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Kanji Detail for 灰 - "ash, gray"

灰

  • Meaning

    灰 means "ash, gray." Also associated with lifeless.

    1. Ash - The residue of burning; cinders.

    2. Gray - The color between black and white.

    3. Destroy - To reduce to ashes; to ruin.

    4. Lifeless - Lacking vitality; dull.

  • Words using 灰

    • 灰色 はいいろ Listen grey; gray; ashen
    • 火山灰 かざんばい Listen volcanic ash
    • 灰皿 はいざら Listen ashtray
    • 石灰 せっかい Listen lime; quicklime; caustic lime

  • Four-character idioms with 灰

    • 乱離骨灰 らりこっぱい Listen being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
    • 枯木死灰 こぼくしかい Listen withered trees and cold ash

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    • Verified meaning: ash, gray
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はい)
    • Also carries these associations: lifeless

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 灰

    Surnames 灰(はい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ashes; puckery juice; cremate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ashes; dust; lime, mortar

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ashes; dust; lime, mortar

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Matter that has burned and become scattered and light particles. What cannot burn again after being subjected to fire is called 死灰 (dead ashes). Seen in (Zhuangzi). Today, disappointment is called 心灰 (heart turned to ash), based on this. | Abbreviation for 石灰 (limestone). Made by burning green stone. Used in construction. Sometimes also made by burning clam, mussel, or oyster shells, called 蜃灰. | Ash is typically light black, hence light black color is also called 灰色 (ash color/gray).

  • Onyomi

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    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

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    hai(はい) はい

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    ash gray lifeless destroy dust powder cinder debris residue ruin soot

Sentences including 灰

  • He was gray , like his name.

  • I need an ashtray.

  • I broke your ashtray.

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