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灰色

huīsè

gray

A stone beside a pebble
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Characters in this word

灰 huī

Strokes
6
Radical
火 — fire, flame
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 灰

色 sè

Strokes
6
Radical
色 — color, tint, hue, shade
Made of
⺈ knife 巴 to cling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我买灰色包。 Wǒ mǎi huīsè bāo. I buy a gray bag.
  • 灰色很耐脏。 Huīsè hěn nài zāng. Gray hides dirt well.
  • 他穿灰色衣服。 Tā chuān huīsè yīfu. He wears gray clothes.

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