灰
huī HSK5

ashes

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 22, 2021, 03:56 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 22, 2021, 03:56 AM

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Depicts a hand (又) picking of the ashes left over from a fire (火).

Components

又
又 Iconic component
火
火 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwojm̥ˤə ashes

說文解字

《說文》：“灰，死火餘也。从火，从又。又，手也。火既滅，可以執持。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.890
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)