The Radical: 灰


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Meaning
ash, dust    灰

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 5
ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected
huī
Left: variant of cliff , below: fire
If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
to restore, to recover, great
huī
Left: feelings , right: ashes (If sth. covers "cliff--like" the fire , it is the ashes.)
The feelings out of the ashes shall be restored.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
coal, wood charcoal, carbon
tàn
Top: mountain , bottom: ashes (If sth. covers "cliff"--like the fire , it is the ashes.) (To make charcoal, wood is piled up mountain-like and covered and lit from the inside)
This mountain of the covered fire produces the charcoal.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
carbon (chem. element C)
tàn
Left: stone , right: (char-)coal (This mountain of the covered fire produces the charcoal.)
The 'stone'-alike charcoal consists of: carbon.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
helmet
kuī
Top: ashes (If sth. covers "cliff--like" the fire , it is the ashes.), bottom: bowl, dish
At the cliff and against fire protects this 'bowl': the helmet.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
humorous, whimsical
huī
Left: word / (= sound waves out of a mouth ), right: ashes (If sth. covers "cliff--like" the fire , it is the ashes.)
The words, that a cliff can burn, are humorous.

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