燼 meaning and stroke order

jìn

Ashes, cinders, embers; remnants

Strokes18
Pinyinjìn
ToneTone 4

How to write 燼, stroke by stroke

18 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 燼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

jìnfourth tone (falling)
  1. (bound form) cinders; ashes

How 燼 is built

Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A used up 盡 fire 火; 盡 also provides the pronunciation.

Radical: 火 (fire), shared by 128 characters on this site.

Common words with 燼

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
灰燼huījìnashes

Questions about 燼

How many strokes are in 燼?

燼 is written with 18 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 燼 mean?

燼 (jìn) means ashes, cinders, embers; remnants. A common word with it is 灰烬 (huījìn), meaning "ashes".

How do you pronounce 燼?

燼 is pronounced jìn, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 燼?

The radical of 燼 is 火, which carries the idea of "fire". Dictionaries list 燼 under this radical.

What is the simplified form of 燼?

燼 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 烬, used in mainland China and Singapore.