懂中文 Dong Chinese

塵

chén

dust

Dust 土 kicked up by a fleeing deer 鹿

Components
鹿 meaning component

鹿  Meaning component

lù

  

deer

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

塵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
塵 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
塵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尘 (塵) 

chén

dust, dirt, ashes, cinders; dust; dirt; earth

Most common words with 塵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尘

dust

灰尘

dust

尘土

dust

吸尘器

vacuum cleaner

沙尘

airborne sand and dust