尘

See also: 塵 and 𰉗
尘 U+5C18, 尘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C18
← 尗
[U+5C17]
CJK Unified Ideographs 尙 →
[U+5C19]

Translingual

Han character

尘 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火土 (FG) or 難火土 (XFG), composition ⿱小土)

Derived characters

  • 𬪛

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7484
  • Dae Jaweon: page 591, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 419, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5C18

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 塵 (鹿 → 小), making an ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 小 (“small”) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

According to the Kangxi dictionary, 尘 is an ancient form of 塵. This character is also used in simplified Chinese.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 尘 – see 塵 (“dust; dirt; ashes; cinders; to be streaked with dirt; to become stained; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and ancient form of 塵).
Notes:
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