Chinese Character 灰 Meanings and components.

Form

灰

Meaning

灰 meaning[3] in English

Ash.

Dust.

Lime.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 灰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'cliff' radical in … (厂) , and surname Huo (火)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with KF

How to write 灰

To write灰hui1ash you should write a combination of 厂chang3'cliff' radical … , 火huo3surname Huo arranged in a 吕 shape:

厂 + 火 = 灰

灰 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 灰 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 灰, looks as follow:

灰
Pinyin:hui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ash . Dust . Lime . Gray . Discouraged . Dejected
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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