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塵
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尘
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dust

HSK 10
Abstract →Space
chén
チン、ジン
ちり、ごみ
진
Dust 土 kicked up by a fleeing deer 鹿
Components
Traditional (塵)
鹿 deer+ 土 earth =
塵 dust
鹿 Meaning component
lù deer
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
Simplified (尘)
小 small+ 土 earth =
尘 dust
小 Meaning component
xiǎo small
small, tiny, insignificant
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
Notes
Similar Characters
丽 magnificent (simp)麂 species of deer麃 plow麇 general name for麈 legendary麋 elk麒 legendary auspicious animal麝 musk deer麟 Chinese unicorn漉 strain簏 a box轆 pulley (trad)辘 windlass (simp)鏖 to fight to the end麓 foot of hill麗 lovely (trad/jp)压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
塵
Regular
Modern
Chinese
尘 / 塵 [chén]
dust; dirt; earth
Japanese
塵 ちり 同音

noun

  1. dust
  2. trash; garbage; rubbish; dirt
  3. negligible amount; tiny bit (usu. as 塵ほども...ない)
  4. hustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world
  5. sumo abbrev. ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
塵 じん 同音
  1. noun Buddhism defilement; impurity; affliction
  2. noun object (perceived with the mind or the senses)
  3. numeric one billionth
塵 、 芥 (rare) ゴミ 、 ごみ 同音
noun usually kana rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
１年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。
A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.
彼女は玄関のごみをはいた。
She swept the dirt from the porch.
CHINESE WORDS (49)
灰尘 [huī​chén] #8,923
dust
尘土 [chén​tǔ] #11,375
dust
吸尘器 [xī​chén​qì] #9,801
vacuum cleaner
沙尘 [shā​chén] #41,829
airborne sand and dust
红尘 [hóng​chén] #28,874
the world of mortals (Buddhism)
尘世 [chén​shì] #21,375
this mortal life
尘埃 [chén​'āi] #15,061
dust
粉尘 [fěn​chén] #29,380
dust
烟尘 [yān​chén] #28,178
smoke and dust
尘封 [chén​fēng] #25,487
covered in dust
39 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (98)
⭐ 微塵 [みじん] #5,227
particle
粉塵 [ふんじん] #24,935
mineral dust
砂塵 [さじん] #25,356
cloud of dust
木端微塵 [こっぱみじん] #25,700
broken into small fragments
ゴミ捨て場 [ゴミすてば] #29,643
garbage dump
塵芥 [じんかい] #33,649
rubbish
粉微塵 [こなみじん] #36,255
in very small pieces
⭐ みじん切り [みじんぎり] #36,518
finely chopped (cooking)
⭐ ゴミ箱 [ごみばこ] #40,048
trash can
ゴミ拾い [ごみひろい] #43,432
picking up trash
88 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
미진
trifle; particle; insignificant thing
분진
particle; mote; speck
진토
dirt and soil