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埃
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

fine dust

HSK 10
Abstract →Space
āi
アイ
ほこり、ちり
애
Components
土 earth+ 矣 particle of completed =
埃 fine dust
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
earth
矣 Phonetic component
yǐ particle of completed
particle of completed action
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
埃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
埃 [Aī]
abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Aī​jí]
埃 [āi]
dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e
Japanese
埃 ほこり 、 ホコリ 同音
noun usually kana dust
埃 あい 同音

noun

  1. one ten-billionth
  2. abbrev. Egypt
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼女はほこりを払った。
She brushed away the dust.
CHINESE WORDS (151)
埃及 [Aī​jí] #4,065
Egypt
埃文 [Aī​wén] #5,685
Evan
苏维埃 [Sū​wéi​'āi] #27,097
Soviet (council)
苏维埃 [Sū​wéi​'āi] #27,097
Soviet (council)
埃塞俄比亚 [Aī​sài​'é​bǐ​yà] #13,771
Ethiopia
埃塞俄比亚 [Aī​sài​'é​bǐ​yà] #13,771
Ethiopia
劳埃德 [Láo​'āi​dé] #13,944
Lloyd (name)
劳埃德 [Láo​'āi​dé] #13,944
Lloyd (name)
皮埃尔 [Pí​'āi​'ěr] #16,499
Pierre (name)
皮埃尔 [Pí​'āi​'ěr] #16,499
Pierre (name)
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
砂埃 [すなぼこり] #21,573
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
埃っぽい [ほこりっぽい] #21,737
dusty
土埃 [つちぼこり] #23,143
dust
塵埃 [じんあい] #63,761
dust
⭐ 埃及 [エジプト] #86,168
Egypt
綿ぼこり [わたぼこり] #94,960
fluff (clump of fabric fibres)
出エジプト記 [しゅつエジプトき] #112,191
Book of Exodus (Bible)
埃よけ [ほこりよけ] #128,187
dust protection
⭐ 蘇維埃 [ソビエト]
soviet
叩けば埃が出る [たたけばほこりがでる]
scratch the surface and you will find dirt
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