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灰
JLPT N2 SL6 6 strokes Frequency: #1717

Meanings

Ashes, Puckery Juice, Cremate

Radicals

火

Decomposition

⿸?火

Etymology

Ideographic: The remains of a fire 火; 火 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal top-to-bottom
3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal right-to-left
5 diagonal top-to-bottom
6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚«γ‚€ kai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
はい hai

Words Using This Kanji

107 words total
Other (20 words)
降灰 こうかい

fall of (volcanic) ash

遺灰 いはい

ashes (of the deceased)

灰色藻 かいしょくそう

glaucophyte

η°ι•·ηŸ³ かいけょうせき

anorthite

灰器 はいき

ash box (used in tea ceremony)

枯木死灰 こぼくしかい

withered trees and cold ash

γ‚½γƒΌγƒ€ηŸ³η°γ‚¬γƒ©γ‚Ή ソーダせっかいガラス

soda-lime-silica glass

ηŸ³η‚­η° γ›γγŸγ‚“γ°γ„

coal ash

火山灰地 かざんばいけ

area covered in volcanic ash

蒔き灰 まきばい

ash for spreading (tea ceremony)

藀灰 γ΅γ˜γ°γ„

wisteria ash (used in tea ceremony)

ε€§ε’Œε°η°θΆ γ‚„γΎγ¨γ—γ˜γΏ

pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)

脱灰 だっかい

decalcification

η°θ‰²γƒžγƒ³γ‚°γƒΌγ‚Ή γ―γ„γ„γ‚γƒžγƒ³γ‚°γƒΌγ‚Ή

Indian gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)

焼却灰 しょうきゃくばい

incinerated ash

灰色藻碱 かいしょくそうこう

Glaucophyceae (class of glaucophytes)

灰色怍物門 かいしょくしょくぢ぀もん

Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)

克灰蒋 こくはいぢくろ

polyester bag for collecting volcanic ash

ι‡‘ε±žη° γγ‚“γžγγ‹γ„

calx

灰汁色 あくいろ

yellow-tinted gray (grey)