燼: embers

embers; ashes

18 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

ジン

Kun

もえのこり

Appears in literary words for ruin by fire: 灰燼に帰す (reduced to ashes), 余燼 (lingering embers). Read ジン.

灰燼かいじんashes; ruins

余燼よじんembers; lingering aftermath

燼滅じんめつcomplete destruction

大火たいかで、町まちは一夜いちやのうちに灰燼かいじんに帰かえした。

The great fire reduced the town to ashes in a single night.

戦争せんそうの余燼よじんがくすぶる中なか、人々ひとびとは復興ふっこうを始はじめた。

While the embers of the war still smouldered, people began to rebuild.

古ふるい文書ぶんしょはすべて火事かじで燼滅じんめつしてしまった。

All the old documents were completely destroyed in the fire.