烬

燼

jìn

尽 + 火

Definitions

jìn (bound form) cinders; ashes

Etymology

A used up 尽 fire 火; 尽 also provides the pronunciation

About

烬 (traditional: 燼) is a left-right structured character: the fire radical 火 on the left signals the meaning is connected to burning, while the component 尽 on the right (meaning 'used up' or 'exhausted') acts as a phonetic indicator and also reinforces the sense of depletion. Together they give the meaning of spent fire , the ashes, cinders, or smoldering embers left after a fire has consumed its fuel and burned out. Beyond the literal sense, 烬 often conveys a poetic nuance of destruction, tragic remnants, or the final traces of something erased by flames or the passage of time.

Etymology Hide

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

火灾后只剩灰烬。

Huǒzāi hòu zhǐ shèng huījìn.

After the fire, only ashes remained.

木头烧成了灰烬。

Mùtou shāo chéng le huījìn.

The wood burned into ashes.

蜡烛燃尽后留下灰烬。

Làzhú rán jìn hòu liú xià huījìn.

The candle left ashes after burning out.

炉子里的余烬还很热。

Lúzi lǐ de yújìn hái hěn rè.

The embers in the stove are still hot.

他清理了壁炉中的灰烬。

Tā qīnglǐ le bìlú zhōng de huījìn.

He cleaned the ashes from the fireplace.

这场大火把一切都化为了灰烬。

Zhè chǎng dàhuǒ bǎ yīqiè dōu huà wéi le huījìn.

This great fire turned everything into ashes.

战争的余烬尚未完全熄灭。

Zhànzhēng de yújìn shàngwèi wánquán xīmiè.

The embers of war have not yet completely died out.

科学家从火山灰烬中分析古代气候。

Kēxuéjiā cóng huǒshān huījìn zhōng fēnxī gǔdài qìhòu.

Scientists analyze ancient climate from volcanic ash.

Related Characters

Component: 尽

Component: 火

烬