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灰
huī
1. ash
2. dust
3. lime
4. gray
5. discouraged
6. dejected
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

灰
huī
ashes; dust; lime, mortar
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

吹灰
chuīhuī
to blow away dust
扒灰
páhuī
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
泥灰
níhuī
lime plaster (construction)
洋灰
yánghuī
cement
灰土
Huītǔ
Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
灰土
huītǔ
dust
灰尘
huīchén
dust
HSK 5
灰岩
huīyán
limestone
灰度
huīdù
grayscale
灰心
huīxīn
to lose heart
HSK 5
灰暗
huīàn
dull gray
灰泥
huīní
plaster
灰浆
huījiāng
mortar (for masonry)
灰熊
huīxióng
grizzly bear
灰烬
huījìn
ashes
灰獴
huīměng
gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)
灰白
huībái
colored
灰色
huīsè
gray
灰雁
huīyàn
(Chinese bird species) greylag goose (Anser anser)
灰霾
huīmái
dust haze

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,310
Word Frequency Rank
2,541 of 84,292

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