U+574B "坋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+574B "坋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that is primarily used in classical or historical texts, though it is considered rare in modern standard Mandarin. Its most common meaning relates to "dust" or "dirt," often specifically referring to fine particles or soil, and it can also function as a verb meaning "to sprinkle" or "to apply powder," such as in contexts of dusting or coating a surface. Structurally, it is composed of the radical "土" (earth, soil) on the left, which gives the character an earth-related semantic field, and the phonetic component "分" (fēn) on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation in Mandarin as "bèn" or "fèn". Due to its rarity, it is infrequently encountered in everyday writing or digital communication, but it may appear in specialized dictionaries, ancient literature, or as part of a historical name.