尘雾
chén​wù

dust cloud

尘 chén dust Simplified

Small 小 flakes of earth 土

Components

小
小 Meaning component
xiǎo small
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

雾 wù fog Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 务 represents the sound. Simplified form of 霧.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
务
务 Sound component
wu, wù business

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

塵 chén dust Traditional

Dust 土 kicked up by a fleeing deer 鹿

Components

鹿
鹿 Meaning component
lù deer
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrin[d]rə[n]dust (n.)
Zhengzhangrdɯn
Unicodedjhin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

霧 wù fog Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 務 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
務
務 Sound component
wu, wù business

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjuHkə.m(r)[o]k-sfog, mist
Zhengzhangmoɡs
moːŋ
Unicodemiò

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica