Word Meaning

ちり chiri

塵 is read as ちり (chiri) and means dust.

Meaning

English

  1. dust
  2. ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
  3. negligible amount
  4. tiny bit
  5. hustle and bustle (of life)
  6. worldly cares
  7. impurities of the world
  8. trash

Reading

Kana

ちり

Romaji

chiri

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

微塵

びじん

not at all

Example Sentences

9

つくえのうえにちりがつもっていた。

Dust had piled up on the desk.

あさからへやのちりをはいた。

I swept the dust out of the room this morning.

かぜがふくたびにみちのちりがまいあがる。

Every time the wind blows, dust rises from the road.

たなのすみにこまかなちりがたまっている。

Fine dust has gathered in the corner of the shelf.

にわのちりをあつめてふくろにいれた。

I gathered the trash in the yard and put it into a bag.

みちばたのちりをひろうひとがいた。

There was someone picking up trash by the roadside.

ふるいはこをあけるとちりがおちてきた。

When I opened the old box, dust fell out.

ちりひとつないゆかにひかりがさしていた。

Light fell on a floor without a speck of dust.

かれはこころのちりをはらうようにふかくいきをした。

He took a deep breath as if to brush the dust from his heart.