Question

灰 はい 灰色(はいいろ): grey; gray; ashen灰皿(はいざら): ashtray灰(はい): ash; ashes 6 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)火: fire 火 4 (none) ashes Scene from "The Big Lebowski" : Walter scatters Donny´s ashes, but a wind blows much of the ashes into "The Dude" Lebowski´s face. Upset, The Dude lashes out at Walter. Walter apologizes and hugs The Dude, before suggesting "Fuck it, man. Let´s go bowling." I bet you that The Dude wanted to cremate (fire) Walter right there and then, at the top of the cliff! (thanks Elktapestry).

Accepted Answer

カイ ashes, puckery juice, cremate 2 1717 6 86 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが 会意 Compound Ideographic The fire underneath the cliff will eventually turn everything above to ashes.

Kanji	灰
Onyomi	カイ
Kunyomi	はい
English	ashes, puckery juice, cremate
Examples	灰色(はいいろ): grey; gray; ashen 灰皿(はいざら): ashtray 灰(はい): ash; ashes
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	1717
Components	厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 火: fire
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	火
Radical Number	86
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	ashes
Koohii Story 1	The fire underneath the cliff will eventually turn everything above to ashes.
Koohii Story 2	Scene from "The Big Lebowski" : Walter scatters Donny´s ashes, but a wind blows much of the ashes into "The Dude" Lebowski´s face. Upset, The Dude lashes out at Walter. Walter apologizes and hugs The Dude, before suggesting "Fuck it, man. Let´s go bowling." I bet you that The Dude wanted to cremate (fire) Walter right there and then, at the top of the cliff! (thanks Elktapestry).

Ashes Walter Cremate Cliff Fire Dude 灰 カイ

Ashes Walter Cremate Cliff Fire Dude 灰カイ