Chinese Character Wiki
灰

huī

ashes

Depicts a hand (又) picking of the ashes left over from a fire (火).

Components
又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

灰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
灰 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
灰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

灰  

huī

ashes; dust; lime, mortar; ash; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected

Most common words with 灰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

灰

ash

灰色

gray

骨灰

bone ash

灰尘

dust

灰姑娘

Cinderella

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

炭

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

恢 盔 詼 诙 咴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m̥ˤə

xwoj

huī

ashes


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 20.1666% of movies

1468th most common character in movies

1311th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+7070

Shuowen

“灰，死火餘也。从火，从又。又，手也。火既滅，可以執持。”


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