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塵 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心土 (IPG), four-corner 00214, composition ⿸鹿土)
| trad. | 塵 | |
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| simp. | 尘 | |
| alternative forms | 𪋻 𡔚 𦧄 尘 ancient | |
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.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-dul ~ r-tul (“dust”). Cognate with Tibetan རྡུལ (rdul, “dust, particle”).
塵
| Kanji in this term |
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| 塵 |
| ごみ Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
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| (This term, 塵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 塵 |
| ちり Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 塵 |
| じん Hyōgaiji |
| goon |
From Middle Chinese 塵 (MC drin). First attested in a Buddhist text from the 600s.
塵 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin)
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