The Chinese Radical: 灰


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Meaning
ash, dust    灰

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected
huī
Left: variant of cliff 厂, below: fire 火
If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.  
HSK 5
to restore, to recover, great
huī
Left: feelings 忄, right: ashes 灰 (If sth. covers "cliff-厂-like" the fire 火, it is the ashes.)
The feelings out of the ashes shall be restored.  
HSK 5
coal, wood charcoal, carbon
tàn
Top: mountain 山, bottom: ashes 灰 (If sth. covers "cliff"-厂-like the fire 火, it is the ashes.) (To make charcoal, wood is piled up mountain-like and covered and lit from the inside)
This mountain of the covered fire produces the charcoal.  
HSK 6
carbon (chem. element C)
tàn
Left: stone 石, right: (char-)coal 炭 (This mountain 山 of the covered 厂 fire 火 produces the charcoal.)
The 'stone'-alike charcoal consists of: carbon.  
no HSK
helmet
kuī
Top: ashes 灰 (If sth. covers "cliff-厂-like" the fire 火, it is the ashes.), bottom: bowl, dish 皿
At the cliff and against fire protects this 'bowl': the helmet.  
no HSK
humorous, whimsical
huī
Left: word 讠/言 (= sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: ashes 灰 (If sth. covers "cliff-厂-like" the fire 火, it is the ashes.)
The words, that a cliff can burn, are humorous.  

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