1. 灰
  2. 燼

灰

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  1. 灰 is the 1309th most frequent character.
  2. 灰 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 灰 appears as a character in 39 words.
  4. 灰 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
灰 => 𠂇, 火
Radical :
灰 => 𠂇 (left hand), 火 (fire)
Graphical :
灰 => 𠂇, 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hui1 - ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 灰 (hui1): The component 火 is pronounced as 'huo3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灰 

Medium Frequency

心灰意冷 
灰尘 (灰塵)
灰姑娘 
灰心 
灰暗 
灰色 
灰蒙蒙 
炮灰 
烟灰缸 (煙灰缸)

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灰 also appears in:
恢炭盔诙咴詼

燼

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Meta:

  1. 燼 is the 3662nd most frequent character.
  2. 燼 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 燼 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 燼 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
燼 => 火, 盡
Radical :
燼 => 火 (fire), ⺻ (brush), 灬 (fire), 皿 (dish)
Graphical :
燼 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 匚, 一, 丨, 一, 灬, 冂, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin4 - ashes/embers

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 燼 (jin4): The component 盡 is pronounced as 'jin4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 燼 (jin4): The component 皿 is pronounced as 'min3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

灰烬 (灰燼)

Medium Frequency

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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