Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 灰

灰

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Meaning

 ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected

Pronunciation

 huī

Explanation

 Left: variant of cliff 厂, below: fire 火

Mnemonic

If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.

Radicals

灰 ash, dust
厂 cliff
火 fire(Also this radical 灬 stands for fire.)
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Vocabulary

石灰 shí huī lime (calcium oxide)
灰尘 huī chén dust
骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé box for bone ashes; funerary casket
灰烬 huī jìn ashes

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