灰
灰 — hoe
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 재 회
- Romanization
- hoe
- English
- ashes; dust; lime, mortar
- Mandarin
- huī
- Japanese on'yomi
- カイ, ケ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- はい
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,717 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 火 (86, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7070
Parts that make up 灰
How 灰 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 灰 as a ideographic compound involving 又, 火.
Korean example words with 灰
- 신회燼灰 Korean gloss: 타다 남은 재와 찌꺼기
- 회반灰盤 Korean gloss: 뭉쳐 굳어진 석회 조각
- 회벽灰壁 Korean gloss: 석회를 반죽하여 바른 벽
- 회토灰土 Korean gloss: 흙과 재를 아울러 이르는 말
- 사회死灰 Korean gloss: 불기운이 사그라진 다 식은 재
- 회색灰色 Korean gloss: 재의 빛깔과 같이 흰빛을 띤 검정
- 회죽灰粥 Korean gloss: 석회에 물을 많이 부어 죽처럼 만든 혼합물
- 회진灰塵 Korean gloss: 남김없이 소멸하거나 멸망함을 비유적으로 이르는 말
- 양회洋灰 Korean gloss: 토목이나 건축의 재료로 쓰는 접합제. 물에 이긴 것을 말리면 돌처럼 단단해지는 잿빛의 가루로서, 보통 진흙이 섞인 석회석을 주
- 회칠하다灰漆 Korean gloss: 석회를 바르다
- 회신하다灰燼 Korean gloss: 흔적 없이 아주 타 없어지다
- 명회색明灰色 Korean gloss: 밝은 회색
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 灰
- 灰色はいいろ grey; gray; ashen
- 火山灰かざんばい volcanic ash
- 灰皿はいざら ashtray
- 石灰せっかい lime; quicklime; caustic lime
- 石灰岩せっかいがん limestone
- 死の灰しのはい lethal radioactive fallout; atomic dust
- 生石灰せいせっかい quick lime
- 灰はい ash; ashes
- 灰殻はいがら ashes
- 灰汁あく lye; harsh taste; bitter taste
- 灰塵かいじん ashes and dust
- 灰土かいど ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
Characters sharing the phonetic 灰
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “회” in Korean.
Other hanja read “회”
Other hanja with radical 火
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences