塵

See also: 尘

Translingual

Han character

塵 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心土 (IPG), four-corner 0021₄, composition ⿸鹿土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 236, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5388
• Dae Jaweon: page 475, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 482, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5875

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Chinese

trad.		塵
simp.		尘
alternative forms		𪋻 𡔚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 塵
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 鹿 (“deer”) + 土 (“soil, dust”) – cloud of dust produced by a (group of) running deer. Ancient simplification of 𪋻, which pictures three deer on top instead of one.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-dul ~ r-tul (“dust”). Cognate with Tibetan རྡུལ (rdul, “dust, particle”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 塵

1. dust; dirt; ashes; cinders

   吸塵器／吸尘器  ―  xīchénqì  ―  vacuum cleaner

2. to be streaked with dirt; to become stained
3. trace; footprint
4. (figurative) dirty thing
5. (figurative) war; warfare
6. (Buddhism) this world; mundane world; this mortal life
7. (Buddhism) the number billionth (10^–9)
8. for a long time
9. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

塵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じん (jin)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: ちり (chiri, 塵); ごみ (gomi, 塵)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
塵
ごみ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

塵(ごみ) or 塵(ゴミ) • (gomi) 

1. trash, rubbish, garbage

   見(み)ろ！人(ひと)がゴミのようだ！

   Miro! Hito ga gomi no yō da!

   Look! The people look just like garbage!

Usage notes

• This term is often spelled in hiragana, as ごみ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
塵
じん Hyōgaiji
goon

Noun

塵(じん) • (jin) 

1. (Buddhism) impurity
2. one billionth

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
塵
ちり Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

塵(ちり) • (chiri) 

1. dust

   塵(ちり)は塵(ちり)に、灰(はい)は灰(はい)に

   chiri wa chiri ni, hai wa hai ni

   dust to dust, ashes to ashes

   • 2005 November 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ファイナル [Armed Alchemy: The Final Act]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) (武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)) [Armed Alchemy], volume 9, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ガンザックオープン‼ナックルガードセット‼錬(れん)金(きん)の魔(ま)人(じん)よ　塵(ちり)と帰(かえ)れ‼

     Gan Zakku Ōpun‼ Nakkuru Gādo Setto‼ Renkin no majin yo Chiri to kaere‼

     Gun Jacks, open‼ Knuckle Guards, set‼ Alchemy devil, return to the dust where you belong‼

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Korean

Hanja

塵 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 塵 (trần, chần)

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