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灰 is the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean word for ash or ashes.
This can also refer to dust, lime, or gray. When speaking of emotions in Chinese, it can refer to being discouraged or dejected.
In Japanese, this can be the surname, Hai.
灰色 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for the color gray.
This can also mean ash gray, grizzly, pessimistic, gloomy, dispirited, ambiguous (not black and white), and the alternate spelling grey.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 灰 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
灰 see styles |
huī hui1 hui hai はい |
More info & calligraphy: Grayash; ashes; (surname) Hai Ash; lime; hot or fiery as ashes. |
灰色 see styles |
huī sè hui1 se4 hui se haiiro(p); kaishoku(ok) / hairo(p); kaishoku(ok) はいいろ(P); かいしょく(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Gray Color(noun - becomes adjective with の) grey; gray; ashen |
出灰 see styles |
izuriha いずりは |
(place-name) Izuriha |
劫灰 see styles |
jié huī jie2 hui1 chieh hui kōkai |
kalpa-ash, the ashes after the fire kalpa of destruction. |
吃灰 see styles |
chī huī chi1 hui1 ch`ih hui chih hui |
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust |
吹灰 see styles |
chuī huī chui1 hui1 ch`ui hui chui hui |
to blow away dust |
塗灰 涂灰 see styles |
tú huī tu2 hui1 t`u hui tu hui tokai |
to daub one's body with ashes |
塵灰 see styles |
jinkai じんかい |
dust and ash |
弘灰 see styles |
hirohai ひろはい |
(surname) Hirohai |
扒灰 see styles |
pá huī pa2 hui1 p`a hui pa hui |
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law |
抹灰 see styles |
mǒ huī mo3 hui1 mo hui |
to plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on; also pr. [mo4 hui1] |
木灰 see styles |
kibai きばい |
wood ashes |
未灰 see styles |
mikai みかい |
(given name) Mikai |
栗灰 see styles |
kurihai くりはい |
(place-name) Kurihai |
死灰 see styles |
shikai しかい |
as lifeless as cold ashes |
泥灰 see styles |
ní huī ni2 hui1 ni hui |
lime plaster (construction) |
洋灰 see styles |
yáng huī yang2 hui1 yang hui youkai / yokai ようかい |
cement (rare) (See セメント) cement |
灰井 see styles |
haii / hai はいい |
(surname) Haii |
灰人 see styles |
huī rén hui1 ren2 hui jen kaito かいと |
(given name) Kaito An image of ashes or lime made and worshipped seven times a day by a woman whose marriage is hindered by unpropitious circumstances. |
灰住 see styles |
haizumi はいずみ |
(surname) Haizumi |
灰佐 see styles |
haisa はいさ |
(surname) Haisa |
灰分 see styles |
kaibun かいぶん |
(1) ash; (2) (nutritional) mineral content |
灰匙 see styles |
haisaji はいさじ |
ash scoop (tea ceremony) |
灰原 see styles |
haibara はいばら |
(surname) Haibara |
灰取 see styles |
haitori はいとり |
(place-name) Haitori |
灰口 see styles |
haikuchi はいくち |
(surname) Haikuchi |
灰台 see styles |
haidai はいだい |
(surname) Haidai |
灰咲 see styles |
haizaki はいざき |
(surname) Haizaki |
灰器 see styles |
haiki はいき |
ash box (used in tea ceremony) |
灰土 see styles |
huī tǔ hui1 tu3 hui t`u hui tu kaido; haitsuchi かいど; はいつち |
dust; (soil taxonomy) spodosol ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil; (place-name) Haitsuchi |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ash | 灰 | hai | huī / hui1 / hui | |
Gray | 灰 | kai | huī / hui1 / hui | |
Gray Color | 灰色 | haiiro / hairo | huī sè / hui1 se4 / hui se / huise |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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