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灰烬 meaning in English

huījìn

ashes

Traditional 灰燼16 strokes

Meaning of 灰烬

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huījìn
  1. ashes

灰烬 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men的de学xué校xiào被bèi烧shāo成chéng了le灰huī烬jìn。
Our school was reduced to ashes.
那nà场chǎng大dà火huǒ把bǎ整zhěng个gè小xiǎo镇zhèn烧shāo成chéng了le灰huī烬jìn。
That fire burned the entire town to ashes.
房fáng子zi烧shāo成chéng了le灰huī烬jìn。
The house burnt to ashes.
房fáng子zi被bèi大dà火huǒ烧shāo成chéng了le灰huī烬jìn。
The fire reduced the house to ashes.
消xiāo防fáng员yuán还hái没méi有yǒu赶gǎn到dào，那nà两liǎng幢chuáng大dà厦shà就jiù已yǐ经jīng烧shāo成chéng灰huī烬jìn了le。
Before the firemen were able to arrive, both buildings burned down.

Stroke order for each character

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灰 huī · ash · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

烬 jìn · ashes · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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Related words

Words that share a character with 灰烬.

灰色huīsègray; ash gray
灰尘huīchéndust
灰心huīxīnto lose heart; to be discouraged
骨灰gǔhuībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
烟灰缸yānhuīgāngashtray
灰飞烟灭huīfēiyānmièlit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated
灰暗huī'àndull gray; drab
石灰shíhuīlime (calcium oxide)
火山灰huǒshānhuīvolcanic ash
烟灰yānhuīcigarette ash
灰熊huīxiónggrizzly bear
大灰狼dàhuīlángbig bad wolf

Questions about 灰烬

What does 灰烬 mean?

灰烬 (huījìn) means "ashes".

How do you write 灰烬?

灰烬 is made of 2 characters: 灰 (6 strokes), 烬 (10 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 灰烬 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 灰烬 is written 灰燼.