dust / dirt / earth
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How to pronounce 塵

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

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+ (e)n2 final

In the encampment’s kitchen.

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塵 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
鹿
= lu + Ø4
deer
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= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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Characters with 塵 as component

塵 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 塵

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untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible / spotless
to live an exhausting journey
(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust

Sentences with 塵

塵 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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chén

dust / dirt / earth

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