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灰Huī姑gū娘niang

  1. Cinderella; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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3
灰
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged; dejected

Pinyin
huī
Strokes
6
Frequency
8206 of 2500
Words starting with 灰Words ending in 灰Anywhere in a word
姑
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

paternal aunt, husband's sister, husband's mother (old), nun, for the time being (literary)

Pinyin
gū
Strokes
8
Words starting with 姑Words ending in 姑Anywhere in a word
娘
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mother, young lady, (coll.) effeminate

Pinyin
niáng
Strokes
10
Frequency
4520 of 2500
Words starting with 娘Words ending in 娘Anywhere in a word