Onyomi: カイ · Kunyomi: はい · Meanings: ashes, cremate, puckery juice
Kanji for ashes, cremate, puckery juice
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灰 is formed from 厂 on the top-left and 火 on the bottom-right. 厂 represents something like a cliff or shelter, while 火 represents fire. Together, they show fire burning under something, leaving burned remains. From this structure, 灰 came to mean ash.
灰 shows fire leaving burned remains, meaning ash.
Think of fire (火) burning under a shelter or cliff (厂). After the fire is gone, only the ash remains — that is 灰.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 灰 | はい | ash, ashes | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 灰皿 | はいざら | ashtray | common JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 灰色 | はいいろ | grey, gray, ashen | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 悪どい | あくどい | gaudy, showy, garish, loud | JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 灰汁 | あく | lye | Noun |
| 灰の水曜日 | はいのすいようび | Ash Wednesday | Noun |
| 灰礬柘榴石 | かいばんざくろいし | grossular, grossularite | Noun |
| 灰白質 | かいはくしつ | gray matter, grey matter | Noun |
| 灰簾石 | かいれんせき | zoisite | Noun |
| 灰吹法 | はいふきほう | cupellation | Noun |