尘
chén HSK7

dust

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