Quick answer
灰 is the kanji for "Ashes". A common reading is はい (hai). You can also practice writing it on this page.
Meaning
Ashes
Also : Cremate · Puckery juice
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Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.
Stroke Order
6 strokes
Radicals
Memory Aid
The kanji 灰 represents 'ASHES'. Think of this shape as a picture representing the concept of ashes.
On-reading: かい — remember this sound by associating it with ashes. Kun-reading: はい.
Example Sentences
火災後の灰をみて、いかに大切なものが失われたか実感しました。
かさいごのはいをみて、いかにたいせつなものがうしなわれたかじっかんしました。
Seeing the ashes after the fire, I felt how much precious things were lost.
灰色の曇り空が続いているので、気分が晴れません。
はいいろのくもりぞらがつづいているので、きぶんがはれません。
Since gray cloudy skies continue, my mood doesn't clear up.
Vocabulary using 灰
Grammar to study at this level
- [Noun] + に伴い～に伴い (ni tomonai) - Along with / In accordance with
- [Noun] + をはじめ～をはじめ (wo hajime) - Starting with / Including
- [Noun] + に応じて～に応じて (ni oujite) - According to / In response to
- [Noun] + から + [Noun] + にかけて～にかけて (ni kakete) - From...to / In the area of
- [Noun] + に限り～に限り (ni kagiri) - Limited to / Only
Last updated Jul 25, 2026
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