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塵 = 鹿 + 土

塵 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dust”. It is built from 鹿 (deer) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2853.

Keyword
dust
RTK frame
2853
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チン, ジン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ちり, ごみ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пыль
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
塵 dust

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 鹿 deer
  2. 土 soil

How to find 塵 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “deer” + “soil”. 塵 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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