尘
dust; dirt; earth
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,400 U+5C18
How 尘 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Small 小 flakes of earth 土
How to remember it
dust · Heisig RSH #161
小 small + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 尘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一路风尘 | yī lù fēng chén | to live an exhausting journey |
| 步人后尘 | bù rén hòu chén | to follow in other people's footsteps |
| 心细如尘 | xīn xì rú chén | meticulous; very careful or attentive |
| 满脸风尘 | mǎn liǎn fēng chén | lit. with a face full of dust; showing the hardships of travel (idiom) |
| 看破红尘 | kàn pò hóng chén | (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming … |
| 一尘不染 | yī chén bù rǎn | (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorru… |
| 尘埃落定 | Chén āi luò dìng | "Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2] |
| 尘埃落定 | chén āi luò dìng | lit. the dust has settled (idiom); fig. to get sorted out; to be finalized |
| 满身尘埃 | mǎn shēn chén āi | dusty |
| 除尘机 | chú chén jī | dusting machine; dust filter |
| 风尘 | fēng chén | windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution |
| 吸尘机 | xī chén jī | vacuum cleaner |
| 红尘 | hóng chén | the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs |
| 后尘 | hòu chén | lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life |
| 吸尘器 | xī chén qì | vacuum cleaner |
| 沙尘暴 | shā chén bào | sand and dust storm |
| 前尘 | qián chén | the past; impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) |
| 尘世 | chén shì | (religion) this mortal life; the mundane world |
| 尘土 | chén tǔ | dust |
| 沙尘 | shā chén | airborne sand and dust |