灰烬 (huī jìn) — ashes | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ashes

，灰烬。
Dà huǒ zhī hòu, zhī shèng xià yì duī huī jìn.
After the big fire, only a pile of ashes remained.
灰烬。
Tā bǎ huī jìn fàng zài huā xià miàn.
He put the ashes under the flowers.
灰烬。
Huǒ shān pēn chū hěn duō huī jìn.
The volcano spewed out a lot of ashes.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

烬jìnembers

灰 and 烬 both refer to burnt remains, together meaning ashes.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

灰 shows 火 (fire) that can be touched by 又 (hand), meaning ash.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 燼; 烬 is its simplified writing.

火盡燼

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

盡

盡jìn燼jìn

Same sound today

The traditional form 燼 uses 火 for fire and 盡 to give the sound; the simplified 烬 is a shorthand.

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