塵 – dust, trash, garbage

14 strokesN3 vocabulary

The kanji 塵 means dust, trash, garbage. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チン、ジン (chin, jin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ちり、ごみ (chiri, gomi). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チン	chin
On’yomi	ジン	jin
Kun’yomi	ちり	chiri
Kun’yomi	ごみ	gomi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 鹿・土・比・广.

Words using 塵

塵ごみrubbish塵紙ちりがみtissue paper塵ちりdust微塵みじんparticle塵取りちりとりdustpan

Example sentences

１年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。

A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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