jìn = ji + (e)n4
ashes / embers
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jìn = ji + (e)n4
(bound form) cinders; ashes
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How to pronounce 燼

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)n4 final

In the encampment’s bathroom.

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燼 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
huǒ = hu + o3
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
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jìn = ji + (e)n4
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely
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Characters with 燼 as component

燼 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 燼

bones and ashes / remains (after Buddhist cremation)

Sentences with 燼

燼 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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