灰

灰 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大火 (KF), four-corner 4080₉ or 7128₉, composition ⿸𠂇火(GHTK) or ⿸厂火(JV or U+2F835))

• 咴, 㞀, 恢, 拻, 洃, 烣, 脄, 㷇, 詼 (诙), 盔, 炭

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

• Unihan data for U+2F835

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 又 (“hand”) + 火 (“fire”) – fire that can be touched with the hand (ash). 又 has been modified to 𠂇; compare 友 (“friend”), 右 (“right”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷut ~ hwut (“ashes, dust”) (STEDT; Schuessler (2007) reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wu). Compare Mizo vutᴸ, Apatani mù-bu, Manipuri ꯎꯠ (ʼut), Northern Tujia bu³ ci².

灰

1. ash

   香灰  ―  xiānghuī  ―  incense ash

   煙灰／烟灰  ―  yānhuī  ―  cigarette ash

2. dust

   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 the dust off the book.

3. lime; mortar

   灰泥  ―  huīní  ―  plaster; mortar

   石灰  ―  shíhuī  ―  lime

   灰岩  ―  huīyán  ―  limestone

4. gray

   灰色  ―  huīsè  ―  gray (color)

5. disheartened

   心灰意冷  ―  xīnhuīyìlěng  ―  to be disheartened

   佢成個人灰咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢成个人灰咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ seng⁴ go³ jan⁴ fui¹ zo². [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (～日) (telegraphy) the tenth day of a month
7. (Cantonese, slang) powdered drug; heroin
8. a surname

• (dust):

• (disheartened):

• (heroin):

灰 (Hokkien)

1. to extinguish; to go out (of fire)

   火灰  ―  hé-hoa  ―  the fire is gone out

2. (idiomatic) to be about to die

   得卜灰  ―  teh-beh hoa  ―  to be about to die

3. (Quanzhou Hokkien, dated in Xiamen Hokkien) to be fully cured (of a disease); to disappear (of a scar)

灰

1. used in 灰士

• “灰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. ashes
2. puckery juice
3. cremate

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: くい (kui)
• Kun: はい (hai, 灰, Jōyō)^{←はひ (fafi, 灰, historical)}

• (Tokyo) はい [hàí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠i]

灰(はい) • (hai) ^{←はひ (fafi)?}

1. ash

   塵(ちり)は塵(ちり)に、灰(はい)は灰(はい)に

   chiri wa chiri ni, hai wa hai ni

   dust to dust, ashes to ashes

• 死(し)の灰(はい) (shinohai)

From Middle Chinese 灰 (MC xwoj).

• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

灰(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. ash; ashes

• “灰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

灰 (eumhun 재 회 (jae hoe))

1. hanja form^? of 회 (“ashes; dust; lime; mortar”)

灰: Hán Việt readings: hôi^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}, khôi^{[1][3][5][6][7]}, hoi^[7]
灰: Nôm readings: hoi^{[1][2][3][4][6][7][8]}, hôi^{[1][2][3][4][8]}, vôi^[1][2][3][4], hui^[3][4], khói^[3]

1. chữ Nôm form of hoi (“used in hẳn hoi (“proper; distinct”)”)
2. chữ Nôm form of hôi
   1. smelly, foul
   2. used in mồ hôi (“sweat”)
3. chữ Nôm form of vôi (“lime (white substance)”)