Jisho

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On reading compounds

  • 塵 【ジン】 defilement, impurity, affliction, object (perceived with the mind or the senses), one billionth
  • 塵埃 【ジンアイ】 dust, dirt, dreary world, petty affairs of everyday life
  • 灰塵 【カイジン】 ashes and dust
  • 細塵 【サイジン】 fine dust

Kun reading compounds

  • 塵 【ちり】 dust, trash, garbage, rubbish, dirt, negligible amount, tiny bit, hustle and bustle (of life), worldly cares, impurities of the world, ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
  • ちり紙 【ちりがみ】 tissue paper, toilet paper
  • 塵 【ごみ】 rubbish, trash, garbage, refuse, litter
  • ゴミ箱 【ごみばこ】 trash can, garbage can, rubbish bin, dustbin
  • 粗大ごみ 【そだいごみ】 large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods), oversized garbage, bulky rubbish, useless man about the house, husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
  • 家庭ごみ 【かていごみ】 household garbage, household trash, household refuse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chen2
Korean:
jin

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5376 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2429 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3922 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5388 Morohashi
1087 New Nelson (John Haig)
2838 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2853 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3q11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-11 SKIP code
0021.4 Four corner code
1-31-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5875 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
813 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 払暁 【フツギョウ】 dawn, daybreak

Kun reading compounds

  • 払う 【はらう】 to pay (e.g. money, bill), to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches), to drive away (e.g. one's competitors), to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of, to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern), to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert, to move out (of one's own place), to vacate, to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside, to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy), to reset (an abacus)

Readings

Japanese names:
はらい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2, bi4
Korean:
bul, pil

Spanish

  • pagar
  • saldar
  • liquidar
  • tributar

Portuguese

  • pagamento
  • limpar
  • podar
  • bamir
  • livra-se de

French

  • payer
  • nettoyer
  • tailler
  • bannir
  • se débarrasser de
1766 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
664 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1828 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
904 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
555 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
582 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
591 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
189 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
855 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
225 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
746 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11784 Morohashi
194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2062 New Nelson (John Haig)
738 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
798 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1048 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1371 2001 Kanji
3c2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
5203.0 Four corner code
1-42-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6255 Unicode hex code