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. 168

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).
RTK Index	168

Ashes Walter Cremate Cliff Fire Dude 灰 カイ

Ashes Walter Cremate Cliff Fire Dude 灰カイ