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塵

塵

See also: 尘

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

trad. 塵
simp. 尘
alt. forms 𪋻
𡔚

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 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”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 塵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 直珍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖjin/
Li
Rong		 /ȡjĕn/
Wang
Li		 /ȡǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chén
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 塵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chén
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]rə[n]/
English dust (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 塵
Reading # 1/1
No. 1397
Phonetic
component		 塵
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 陳
Old
Chinese		 /*rdɯn/

Definitions

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. (figuratively) dirty thing
  5. (figuratively) war; warfare
  6. (Buddhism) this world; mundane world; this mortal life
  7. (Buddhism) the number 10–9
  8. for a long time
  9. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

塵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Kanji in this term
塵
ごみ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
塵
じん
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
塵
ちり
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

塵 ‎(hiragana ごみ, katakana ゴミ, romaji gomi)

  1. trash, rubbish

塵 ‎(hiragana じん, romaji jin)

  1. (Buddhism) impurity
  2. one billionth

塵 ‎(hiragana ちり, romaji chiri)

  1. dust

Usage notes

(for the trash meaning) This term is usually written in kana.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

塵 (trần, chần)

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