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灰

Ash
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingはい
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 33

Meanings

  1. ash
  2. ashesRtK
  3. cremate
  4. puckery juice

Homonyms

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Same reading (はい)
肺 · lung

Popular Usage

灰皿

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cliff (厂) · fire (火)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 180

Compound words

灰皿はいざら
ashtray
灰色はいいろ
grey; gray; ashen
石灰せっかい
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
火山灰かざんばい
volcanic ash
灰殻はいがら
ashes
灰汁あく
lye
灰塵かいじん
ashes and dust
灰白かいはく
gray
灰燼かいじん
ash
灰篩はいふるい
ash strainer
灰釉はいぐすり
ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)
骨灰こつばい
cremated remains, bone ash
灰押しはいおし
ash leveler (use in a brazier)
灰均しはいならし
ash leveler
灰受けはいうけ
ash pan
灰色蓬はいいろよもぎ
Artemisia sieversiana
灰青色かいせいしょく
grayish blue
灰洗いあくあらい
scouring
灰塗れはいまみれ
covered with ashes
灰白質かいはくしつ
gray matter
灰緑色かいりょくしょく
greenish gray
燐灰石りんかいせき
apatite
灰になるはいになる
to be reduced to ashes
灰ふるいはいふるい
ash strainer

Additional Examples

彼は灰皿を拾い上げた。
He picked up the ash-tray.tatoeba
彼はシガーを灰皿で押しつぶして消し、立って行こうとした。
He stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray and stood up to leave.tatoeba
彼の回りのすべての物が灰色でした。
Everything about him was grey.tatoeba
彼のシャツは灰色でネクタイは黄色だった。
His shirt was gray and his tie was yellow.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Ash. 厂 (hand) + 火 (fire) — what you can pick up after a fire. 灰皿 — ashtray.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 灰

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