Chinese symbol for “ashes”
灰烬
huī jìn
Traditional: 灰燼
ashes
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ashes is 灰烬 (huī jìn), defined as: ashes.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ashes”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烬 (燼) | jìn | (bound form) cinders; ashes |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灰烬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰色 | huī sè | gray; ash gray |
| 灰尘 (灰塵) | huī chén | dust |
| 骨灰 | gǔ huī | bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains |
| 灰心 | huī xīn | to lose heart; to be discouraged |
| 灰暗 | huī àn | dull gray; drab |
| 余烬 (餘燼) | yú jìn | ember |
| 骨烬 (骨燼) | gǔ jìn | bones and ashes; remains (after Buddhist cremation) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ashes”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.