灰

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 (“hand”) + 火 (“fire”) – fire that can be touched with the hand (ash). Note that the hand 又 has moved so it resembles 厂; compare shape in 左/右.

Han character

灰 (radical 86 火+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大火 (KF), four-corner 7128₉, composition ⿸𠂇火)

See also

• 炭

References

• KangXi: page 665, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18859
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2188, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7070

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huī (hui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): fôi
• Min Nan (POJ): hoe / he
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hue (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Wade-Giles: hui¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huei
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹
    • Yale: fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôi
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /fo̯i²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe / he
    • Tâi-lô: hue / he
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴/, /he⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue³⁴/, /he³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hue (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /hɯᴇ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (灰, reconstructed)
Character (灰), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 灰 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 呼恢切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/huʌi/	/xuɑ̆i/	/xuᴀi/	/huoi/	/hwəj/	/xuɒi/	/xuɒi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (灰, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
灰								huī								‹ xwoj ›								/*m̥ ˤə/								ashes
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
灰					5414					灰					之					0					灰					/*hmɯː/

Definitions

灰

1. lime; mortar
   • 灰泥 ("plaster, mortar")
   • 石灰 ("lime")
   • 灰岩 ("limestone")
2. dust; ashe;

   • 電腦屏幕上有一層灰。 [MSC, trad.]

     电脑屏幕上有一层灰。 [MSC, simp.]

     Diànnǎo píngmù shàng yǒu yī céng huī. [Pinyin]

     There's a layer of dust on the computer screen.

   • 他吹乾淨這本書上的灰。 [MSC, trad.]

     他吹干净这本书上的灰。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā chuī gānjìng zhè běn shū shàng de huī. [Pinyin]

     He blew out the dust on the book.

3. grey
   • 灰色 ("gray color")
4. disheartened

Compounds

Derived terms

• 灰不喇唧

• 灰不蹓丟／灰不溜丢

• 灰不蹓秋／灰不溜秋

• 灰塵／灰尘

• 灰塵／灰尘

• 灰布喇唧的

• 灰心

• 灰暗

• 灰燼／灰烬

• 灰燼／灰烬

• 灰白

• 灰色

• 灰錳氧／灰锰氧

• 灰頭土臉兒／灰头土脸儿

• 灰飛煙滅／灰飞烟灭

• 灰飛菸滅／灰飞烟灭

• 灰鼠

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Japanese

Kanji

灰

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: け (ke) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yōon: けい (kei) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: はい (hai)

Noun

灰 (hiragana はい, romaji hai)

1. ash

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Korean

Hanja

灰 (hoe) (hangeul 회, McCune-Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Mulam

Noun

灰 (pu1)

1. ash

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Vietnamese

Han character

灰 (hôi, hoi, khôi, vôi, hui)

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