塵 (chén)

Dust; dirt.

How 塵 is written

Strokes
14
Radical
鹿 — deer
Traditional
塵
Simplified
尘

Common words using 塵

塵世 chénshì
this mortal life; the mundane world
塵埃 chénāi
dust
灰塵 huīchén
dust
紅塵 hóngchén
the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs
一塵不染 yīchénbùrǎn
untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible; spotless
凡塵 fánchén
mundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil
前塵 qiánchén
the past; impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
吸塵器 xīchénqì
vacuum cleaner; dust catcher
塵土 chéntǔ
dust
塵封 chénfēng
covered in dust; dusty; lying unused for a long time
後塵 hòuchén
lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life
望塵莫及 wàngchénmòjí
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to be far inferior

塵 in a sentence

桌上有很多灰塵。

Zhuōshàng yǒu hěnduō huīchén.

“There is a lot of dust on the table.”

How common is 塵?

塵 is the 1,716th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.9% of all running text.

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