逸尘
yì​chén

outstanding

逸 yì flee

To run 辶 like a rabbit 兔

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
兔
兔 Meaning component
tù rabbit

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyit[l]i[t]flee
Zhengzhanglid
Unicodeit

說文解字

失也。从辵、兔。兔謾訑善逃也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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

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