10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

dust

Kun'yomi
  • dust ②one ten-billionth
  • ちり
On'yomi
  • アイ
    dust ②one ten-billionth

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ほこり 96.2%
アイ 3.8%

Character Breakdown

dust
ほこり アイ ちり (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
sentence particle
 (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
dart, arrow
や シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 57C3
JIS X 0208 1-52-28
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1081
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1017
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1294
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 5107
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3b7.6
Four corner code 4313.4