U+5C18 "尘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
尘
U+5C18 "尘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents "dust" or "dirt" in modern and classical Chinese, and it is a simplified form of the traditional character "塵". Composed of the radical for "small" (小) above the radical for "earth" or "soil" (土), its structure visually suggests fine particles of earth, and it is commonly used in compound words such as "灰尘" (huīchén, meaning dust) and "尘土" (chéntǔ, meaning dust and dirt). This character appears in various contexts, from everyday language to classical literature, where it often metaphorically alludes to worldly concerns or the transience of material existence.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C18 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 尘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 尘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB0 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c18 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273859 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2352 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2352 |
| kCangjie | XFG |
| kCantonese | can4 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0591.080 |
| kDefinition | dust, dirt, ashes, cinders |
| kEACC | 273859 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9010 |
| kGB0 | 1930 |
| kHanYu | 10419.050 10562.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chén(81) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0591.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10419.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0297.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-333E |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-010293 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2352 |
| kJapanese | ジン |
| kTGH | 2013:414 |
| kKangXi | 0297.060 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1057 |
| kMandarin | chén |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010293 |
| kMorohashi | 07484 |
| kPhonetic | 66 1220 |
| kRSUnicode | 42.3 32.3 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 128.04 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 041.170:chén |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "塵" U+5875 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0132.080:chén |