灰 – ashes, puckery juice, cremate

6 strokesTaught in grade 6#1717 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 灰 means ashes, puckery juice, cremate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ (kai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はい (hai). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
Kun’yomi	はい	hai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火・厂.

Words using 灰

灰皿はいざらashtray灰はいash灰色はいいろgrey

Example sentences

その缶は灰皿の代わりになる。

The can will do for an ashtray.

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すべては燃えて灰となった。

Everything was burnt to ashes.

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私の父は青と灰色のネクタイを持っている。

My father has a blue and gray tie.

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Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈

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