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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.