灰

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灰 U+7070, 灰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7070
← 灯
[U+706F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 灱 →
[U+7071]

灰 U+2F835, 灰
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F835
← 𠨬
[U+2F834] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 及 →
[U+2F836]

Translingual

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Stroke order
6 strokes
Traditional 灰
Simplified 灰
Japanese 灰
Korean 灰

Han character

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灰 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大火 (KF), four-corner 40809 or 71289, composition ⿸𠂇火(GHTK) or ⿸厂火(JV or U+2F835))

Derived characters

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References

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

Chinese

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trad. 灰
simp. # 灰

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 灰
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (灰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
脄 *mɯːs, *mɯː
盔 *km̥ʰɯː
詼 *km̥ʰlɯː
恢 *km̥ʰɯː
灰 *hmɯː

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 火 (“fire”) – fire that can be touched with the hand (ash). 又 has been modified to 𠂇; compare 友 (“friend”), 右 (“right”).

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷut ~ hwut (“ashes, dust”) (STEDT; Schuessler (2007) reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wu). Compare Mizo vutᴸ, Apatani mù-bu, Manipuri ut, Northern Tujia bu³ ci².

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • he/her - vernacular;
    • hoe - literary.
Note: hui1 - alternative pronunciation when meaning "grey" (灰色).
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: hue1 / hui1
      • Sinological IPA: /huɛ³⁵/, /hui³⁵/
Note:
  • hue1 - vernacular;
  • hui1 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 灰
Mandarin Beijing /xuei⁵⁵/
Harbin /xuei⁴⁴/
Tianjin /xuei²¹/
Jinan /xuei²¹³/
Qingdao /xue²¹³/
Zhengzhou /xuei²⁴/
Xi'an /xuei²¹/
Xining /xuɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /xuei⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /xuei³¹/
Ürümqi /xuei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /xuei⁵⁵/
Chengdu /xuei⁵⁵/
Guiyang /xuei⁵⁵/
Kunming /xuei⁴⁴/
Nanjing /xuəi³¹/
Hefei /xue²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /xuei¹¹/
Pingyao /xuæ¹³/
Hohhot /xuei³¹/
Wu Shanghai /hue⁵³/
Suzhou /hue̞⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /hui³³/
Wenzhou /fai³³/
Hui Shexian /xuɛ³¹/
Tunxi /xuə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /fei³³/
Xiangtan /ɸəi³³/
Gan Nanchang /fɨi⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /foi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /foi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /fui⁵³/
Nanning /fui⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /fui⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hue⁵⁵/
/he⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /huoi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xo⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /hue³³/
/hui³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hui²³/
/hu²³/
/hue²³/
Rime
Character 灰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼恢切
Baxter xwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/huʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/huoi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwəj/
Li
Rong 		/xuᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/xuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fui1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 灰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwoj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m̥ˁə/
English ashes

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 灰
Reading # 1/1
No. 5414
Phonetic
component 		灰
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		灰
Old
Chinese 		/*hmɯː/

Definitions

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灰

  1. ash
    香灰  ―  xiānghuī  ―  incense ash
    煙灰／烟灰  ―  yānhuī  ―  cigarette ash
  2. dust
    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 gānjìng zhè běn shū shàng de huī. [Pinyin]
    He blew the dust off the book.
  3. lime; mortar
    灰泥  ―  huīní  ―  plaster; mortar
    石灰  ―  shíhuī  ―  lime
    灰岩  ―  huīyán  ―  limestone
  4. gray
    灰色  ―  huīsè  ―  gray (color)
  5. disheartened
    心灰意冷  ―  xīnhuīyìlěng  ―  to be disheartened
    佢成個人灰咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢成个人灰咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 seng4 go3 jan4 fui1 zo2. [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. (～日) (telegraphy) the tenth day of a month
  7. (Cantonese, slang) powdered drug; heroin
Synonyms
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  • (dust):
Dialectal synonyms of 灰塵 (“dust”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 塵, 埃, 塵埃, 坌, 塕, 坱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 灰塵, 灰土, 塵土, 塵埃
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 塵土, 土, 灰
Taiwan 灰塵, 塵埃, 塵土
Chengde 𡋯土
Chifeng 灰, 土
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 灰土, 灰, 塵土
Heihe 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Qiqihar 灰塵, 灰土
Harbin 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Jiamusi 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Baicheng 灰塵, 灰, 灰土, 塵搭灰
Changchun 灰塵, 灰, 塵土
Tonghua 灰, 土
Shenyang 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Jinzhou 灰塵, 塵土, 𡋯土
Singapore 灰塵, 塵土
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 塵土
Tangshan 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 塵
Cangzhou 灰, 塵土, 土
Baoding 堂土
Shijiazhuang 塵土
Lijin 灰, 𡋯土
Jinan 𡋯土, 土, 灰
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 灰, 塵
Dandong 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Yantai 灰, 𡋯土
Yantai (Muping) 灰
Qingdao 灰, 𡋯土, 土
Zhucheng 灰
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 灰塵, 塵土
Lingbao 灰
Jining 𡋯土
Wanrong 土
Linfen 塵土
Shangqiu 灰塵, 灰, 塵土
Yuanyang 灰塵, 灰, 塵土
Zhengzhou 灰塵, 灰
Xinyang 灰
Baihe 灰, 塵土
Xi'an 塵土, 土, 灰, 灰塵, 灰纖
Baoji 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Tianshui 灰, 𡋯土
Xining 塵土, 灰塵
Xuzhou 灰, 𡋯土, 土
Fuyang 灰塵, 灰
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 灰塵, 塵灰, 灰
Lanzhou 灰, 灰土, 塵土, 土
Dunhuang 灰塵, 塵土
Hami 灰塵
Ürümqi 灰, 灰灰
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 灰塵, 灰, 灰灰
Nanchong 灰塵, 灰, 灰灰
Dazhou 灰塵
Hanyuan 灰塵, 灰
Xichang 灰塵, 灰, 灰灰
Zigong 灰, 揚塵
Chongqing 灰
Wuhan 灰, 灰塵
Yichang 灰塵, 灰
Xiangyang 灰
Tianmen 灰塵, 灰, 土
Guiyang 灰灰, 灰, 灰塵
Zunyi 灰
Bijie 灰塵, 灰灰
Liping 灰
Zhaotong 塵灰
Dali 灰
Kunming 塵灰, 灰, 土, 灰灰
Mengzi 灰
Guilin 灰塵
Guilin (Lingui) 灰塵
Liuzhou 灰塵, 灰, 塳塵
Liuzhou (Luorong) 灰塵
Nanning (Wuming) 灰塵, 煙塵
Jishou 灰塵
Changde 灰塵
Hanzhong 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Dagudi (Maliba) 灰
Reshuitang (Longling) 灰
Mae Salong (Lancang) 灰
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 灰
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 灰塵, 灰, 堂灰
Yangzhou 灰塵, 灰
Lianyungang 堂灰, 灰
Lianshui 堂灰, 灰
Nantong 沙灰
Anqing 堂灰, 屯灰, 灰
Wuhu 灰
Hefei 灰
Hong'an 灰塵, 灰
Cantonese Guangzhou 塵, 灰塵, 煙塵, 泥塵, 沙塵, 塳塵
Hong Kong 塵, 灰塵, 灰, 塵埃, 沙塵
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 灰塵, 泥塵
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 灰塵, 煙塵
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 泥塵
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 泥塵
Macau 灰塵
Guangzhou (Panyu) 煙塵
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 灰塵
Guangzhou (Conghua) 塵
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 灰塵
Foshan 灰塵
Foshan (Shunde) 灰塵
Foshan (Sanshui) 灰塵
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 灰塵
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 灰塵
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 灰塵
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 灰塵
Zhuhai (Doumen) 灰塵
Jiangmen (Baisha) 灰塵
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 灰塵
Taishan 灰塵, 沙塵
Kaiping (Chikan) 灰塵
Enping (Niujiang) 灰塵
Heshan (Yayao) 灰塵
Dongguan 灰塵
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 灰塵
Qingyuan 灰塵
Fogang 灰塵
Yingde (Hanguang) 灰塵
Yangshan 灰塵
Lianshan (Butian) 灰塵
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 灰塵
Shaoguan 灰塵
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 塵灰, 灰塵
Renhua 塵灰
Lechang 塵灰
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 灰塵
Sihui 灰塵
Guangning 灰塵
Deqing 灰塵
Huaiji 灰塵
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 泥塵
Yunfu 塳塵
Xinxing 灰塵, 塵埃
Luoding 灰塵
Yunan (Pingtai) 灰塵
Yangjiang 煙塵
Xinyi 灰塵
Lianjiang 灰塵, 煙塵
Nanning 灰塵, 煙塵
Wuzhou 灰塵, 煙塵
Yulin 煙塵
Hepu (Lianzhou) 灰塵, 煙塵
Hepu (Shatian) 煙塵, 塵土, 灰塵
Guiping 灰塵, 蚊塵
Guiping (Mule) 蚊塵
Pingnan 蚊塵
Mengshan (Xihe) 塳塵
Guigang (Gangcheng) 灰塵
Guigang (Nanjiang) 灰塵
Guigang (Pingdong) 灰塵
Beiliu (Tangliao) 灰塵
Baise 灰塵
Bobai 灰塵
Lingshan 灰塵
Pubei 煙塵
Qinzhou 灰塵
Beihai 灰塵
Beihai (Nankang) 泥塵
Beihai (Yingpan) 煙塵
Ningming 灰塵
Hengzhou 蚊塵
Danzhou 煙塵
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 塵灰, 灰塵
Bangkok (Guangfu) 灰塵
Gan Nanchang 灰
Lichuan 灰
Pingxiang 灰, 灰塵
Hakka Meixian 塵灰, 泥塵
Xingning 塵灰
Dabu (Xihe) 灰塵
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 塵灰, 煙塵, 泥塵, 沙塵
Huidong (Daling) 塵灰
Dongguan (Qingxi) 泥塵
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 灰塵
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 灰塵, 泥塵
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 灰塵
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 灰塵
Wuhua (Huacheng) 塵, 塵灰, 灰塵
Wuhua (Changbu) 泥塵
Wuhua (Mianyang) 塵灰
Heyuan (Bendihua) 塵灰
Wengyuan 塵灰
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 塵灰
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 塳
Liannan 塵灰
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 塵灰
Jiexi 塵灰
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 揚塵
Changting 塵灰, 灰塵
Longyan (Yongding) 塵灰
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 塵灰
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 灰塵
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 灰塵
Wuping 塵灰
Wuping (Yanqian) 塵灰
Wuping (Pingyu) 塵灰
Liancheng 塵灰
Liancheng (Peitian) 塵灰
Liancheng (Juxi) 塵灰
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 塵灰
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 灰塵
Ninghua 塵灰, 灰塵
Qingliu 塵灰
Yudu 灰
Ningdu 塵灰
Ruijin 塵灰
Shicheng 塵灰
Shangyou (Shexi) 塵灰
Tonggu (Sandu) 塵灰
Ganzhou (Panlong) 灰塵
Dayu 灰塵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 塵灰
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 塵灰
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 塵灰
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 塵灰, 塕塵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 塵灰
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 泥粉
Hong Kong 泥塵
Yangxi (Tangkou) 煙塵
Yangchun (Sanjia) 灰塵
Xinyi (Sihe) 塳塵
Xinyi (Qianpai) 塳塵
Gaozhou (Xindong) 煙塵
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 泥塵, 灰塵
Huazhou (Xin'an) 煙塵
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 灰塵
Lianjiang (Qingping) 塵煙
Mengshan (Xihe) 塳塵
Luchuan 泥煙
Luchuan (Daqiao) 塵煙
Beiliu (Tang'an) 灰塵
Mashan (Pianlian) 灰塵
Sabah (Longchuan) 塵灰, 泥塵
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 灰塵
Senai (Huiyang) 灰塵
Singkawang 塵灰
Bangkok (Meixian) 塵灰
Bangkok (Fengshun) 塵灰
Bangkok (Jiexi) 塵灰, 泥粉
Huizhou Jixi 灰
Shexian 灰塵, 灰
Jin Taiyuan 塵土, 土
Yangyuan 灰, 塵土
Datong 灰塵, 塵土
Xinzhou 塵土, 灰塵
Lüliang (Lishi) 灰塵, 塵土
Changzhi 塵灰, 灰
Linhe 灰塵, 灰, 土
Jining 灰塵
Hohhot 灰塵, 灰, 塵土, 土
Erenhot 灰塵
Pingshan 塵土, 土
Zhangjiakou 灰土, 灰
Handan 灰塵
Linzhou 灰塵, 灰
Suide 灰塵, 灰, 土
Northern Min Jian'ou 灰塵, 塵灰
Jian'ou (Dikou) 塵
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 塵, 煙腸苦
Pucheng (Shibei) 灰塵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 塕塵, 塗粉
Fuzhou (Changle) 塕塵
Fuqing 塕塵
Yongtai 塗粉
Gutian 塕塵
Fu'an 煙霧
Ningde 塕塵
Shouning 塗粉
Zhouning 塕塵
Fuding 塕埃
Matsu 塕塵
Southern Min Xiamen 塗粉, 塕埃, 風飛沙
Quanzhou 塗粉
Jinjiang 塗粉
Yongchun 塗粉
Zhangzhou 塗粉
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 塗粉
Pinghe 塗粉
Zhangpu 塗粉
Zhao'an 塗粉
Taipei (Wanhua) 塗沙粉
New Taipei (Tamsui) 塗沙粉仔
Kaohsiung 塗沙粉
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 塗沙粉仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 塗粉仔
Yilan 風飛沙
Yilan (Toucheng) 塗粉
Changhua (Lukang) 沙粉
Taichung 塗沙
Taichung (Wuqi) 風飛沙
Tainan 塗粉, 塗沙粉, 塕埃, 風飛沙
Tainan (Anping) 塗粉
Taitung 風飛沙
Hsinchu 風飛沙
Penghu (Magong) 塗沙粉
Penghu (Xiyu) 塗沙粉
Penang (Hokkien) 塗粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 塗粉
Zhangping 塕埃
Zhangping (Yongfu) 灰, 塗粉, 塕埃
Datian 塗粉, 塕塵
Pingnan (Shangdu) 灰
Chaozhou 塗粉, 塕塵
Shantou 塵, 塕塵, 灰塵
Jieyang 塗粉, 塕塵
Bangkok (Teochew) 塕塵
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 塕塵
Leizhou 塕塵, 塗沙粉
Wenchang 塗灰
Haikou 塗灰
Puxian Min Putian 塗粉, 塕塵
Xianyou 煙塵
Central Min Yong'an 塕塵
Sanming (Sanyuan) 塕塵
Sanming (Shaxian) 塕塵
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 煙塵
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 塕塵, 煙塵, 灰塵
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 坌塵, 煙塵, 灰塵
Binyang (Xinqiao) 蚊塵
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 灰塵
Guilin (Chaoyang) 灰塵
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 灰塵
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 灰塵
Shehua Fu'an 煙霧
Fuding 泥粉
Luoyuan 煙塵
Sanming 擸𢶍
Shunchang 擸𢶍粉
Guixi (Zhangping) 灰塵
Cangnan 泥粉
Jingning (Hexi) 火煤塵
Lishui 火灰粉
Longyou 灰粉
Chaozhou 煙塵
Fengshun 塕塵
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 灰
Wu Shanghai 灰塵, 塳塵
Shanghai (Chongming) 灰塵, 塳塵
Suzhou 灰塵, 塳塵
Danyang 灰塵, 灰
Hangzhou 灰塵, 塳塵
Ningbo 塳塵, 塳灰, 灰塵
Wenzhou 坌塵, 坌塕, 塳塵
Jinhua 塕, 塳塵
Xiang Changsha 灰
Loudi 灰, 灰塵
Shuangfeng 灰
Quanzhou 灰塵
  • (disheartened):
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  • (heroin):
Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 海洛因, 海洛英
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 白麵兒, 老海 dated
Taiwan 海洛因, 白粉
Singapore 白粉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 白麵兒, 老海
Xi'an 白麵兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 白麵兒
Southwestern Mandarin Dagudi (Maliba) 白粉
Reshuitang (Longling) 白粉, 粉藥
Mae Salong (Lancang) 白粉, 粉藥
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 白粉
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 白麵子
Cantonese Guangzhou 白粉
Hong Kong 海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 白粉
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 白粉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 白粉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 海洛英
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 白粉
Móng Cái 白粉
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 白粉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 海洛因
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 海洛因
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 海洛因
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 海洛因
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 海洛因
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 海洛因
Senai (Huiyang) 白粉
Jin Taiyuan 料子
Xinzhou 料子
Southern Min Xiamen 海洛因
Singapore (Hokkien) 白粉
Chaozhou 白粉
Shantou 白粉
Jieyang 白粉
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 白粉
Pontianak (Teochew) 下洛因
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 白粉
Wu Danyang 白粉, 白麵
Wenzhou 白粉

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 灰 – see 烌 (“(Southern Min) dust; ash”).
(This character is a variant form of 烌).

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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灰

  1. Used in 灰士.

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 灰
Kyūjitai
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灰󠄁
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(Adobe-Japan1)
灰󠄃
灰+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji

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灰

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. ashes
  2. puckery juice
  3. cremate

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
灰
はい
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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灰(はい) • (hai) ←はひ (fafi)?

  1. ash
    塵(ちり)は塵(ちり)に、灰(はい)は灰(はい)に
    chiri wa chiri ni, hai wa hai ni
    dust to dust, ashes to ashes
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
灰
かい
Grade: 6
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 灰 (MC xwoj).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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灰(かい) • (kai) ←くわい (kwai)?

  1. ash; ashes

References

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  1. ^ “灰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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灰 (eumhun 재 회 (jae hoe))

  1. hanja form? of 회 (“ashes; dust; lime; mortar”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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灰: Hán Nôm readings: hôi, hoi, khôi, vôi, hui, khuôi

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