塵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

dust, trash, garbage

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チン
  • ジン
Kun (native)
  • ちり
  • ごみ
Other languages
  • 拼音chen2
  • 한글jin
  • Hán-ViệtTrần

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5875

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱鹿土

Words using this kanji

  • ゴミrubbish, trash, garbage, refuse
  • ちりdust, small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs), trash, garbage
  • じんdefilement, impurity, affliction, object (perceived with the mind or the senses)
  • 塵芥じんかい無価値なもの。rubbish, trash, garbage, refuse
  • 塵埃じんあいちりやほこり。ごみ。 よごれ、わずらわしいこと。俗世間。俗事。dust, dirt, dreary world, petty affairs of everyday life
  • 塵界じんかい塵のような汚れた世界。this drab world
  • 塵灰じんかい塵と灰。灰塵。dust and ash
  • 塵塚ちりづかrubbish heap, garbage dump
  • 塵蜱ちりだにhouse dust mite (Dermatophagoides spp.)
  • 塵払いちりはらいduster, dusting, removing dust
  • 塵浄水ちりじょうずいceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms
  • 塵手水ちりちょうずritual gestures (squatting, clapping, etc.) indicating that a fight will be clean
  • 塵芥車じんかいしゃgarbage truck, dustcart
  • 塵旋風じんせんぷうdust devil
  • 塵ほどちりほど(not even) a little, (not even) a tiny bit
  • 塵の尾ちりのおdust tail (of a comet)
  • 塵の世ちりのよ(this) corrupt world, world of the living, fleeting life
  • 塵ツモちりつもmany a little makes a mickle, every little helps
  • 塵点劫じんでんごうincomprehensibly long time, infinity
  • 塵劫記じんこうきJinkōki (1627 Japanese mathematics text by Yoshida Kōyū)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(75 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-11
Four Corner
0021.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q11.4
Heisig
2853
Nelson
5376