Memory phrase for the character: 灰

灰

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Meaning

ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected

Pronunciation

 huī

Explanation

 Left: variant of cliff 厂, below: fire 火

Mnemonic
 
If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.

Radicals

灰 ash, dust
厂 cliff
火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
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 Vocabulary

石灰 shí huī  lime (calcium oxide)
灰尘 huī chén  dust
骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé  box for bone ashes; funerary casket
灰烬 huī jìn  ashes
灰烬 huī jìn  

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