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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 灰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
灰 huī - ash
- dust
- lime
- gray
- discouraged; dejected

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 7 3,279 2,549 1,514

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿸？ 火

Radical:

火

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The remains of a fire 火; 火 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 灰

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
灰 5 7 3,279 2,549 1,514
灰色 - 5 5,857 7,083 5,054
骨灰 - - 7,074 18,483 20,629
灰姑娘 - - 8,814 - -
灰尘 5 8 8,923 11,700 9,341
灰烬 - - 11,503 32,252 27,390
烟灰缸 - - 12,442 38,018 23,670
灰心 5 8 14,896 26,695 16,641
灰暗 - - 18,753 24,980 15,195
灰飞烟灭 - - 20,327 34,338 20,296
烟灰 - - 23,005 46,776 33,883
骨灰盒 - - 23,526 39,897 35,987
石灰 - - 24,154 19,759 34,763
大灰狼 - - 24,357 - -
灰心丧气 - - 28,318 65,047 52,388
炮灰 - - 28,462 35,102 19,245
心灰意冷 - - 29,802 32,100 23,930
石灰石 - - 32,548 41,117 91,118
灰溜溜 - - 34,212 41,606 33,200
灰白 - - 35,120 19,716 23,013
死灰复燃 - - 37,743 35,793 50,675
煤灰 - - 39,040 - -
火山灰 - - 41,558 55,820 51,310
万念俱灰 - - 43,782 52,418 35,094
灰土 - - 47,770 58,733 73,185
灰白色 - - 49,796 - -
深灰色 - - 50,406 - -
石灰岩 - - 57,260 49,156 75,610
灰蒙蒙 - - 65,714 33,388 18,160
生石灰 - - 66,779 56,920 76,014
灰度 - - 68,580 38,781 71,672
灰不溜秋 - - 79,881 - -
灰鹤 - - 88,754 - -
磷灰石 - - 89,180 53,810 -
抹灰 - - 91,148 66,898 71,784
灰浆 - - 98,388 86,697 -