Kanji

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: dust, trash, garbage

Kunyomi: ちり ごみ

Onyomi: チン ジン

Composition: 鹿

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジン defilement, impurity, affliction, object (perceived with the mind or the senses), one billionth

ジンアイ dust, dirt, dreary world, petty affairs of everyday life

カイジン ashes and dust

サイジン fine dust

Kunyomi Examples

ちり dust, trash, garbage, rubbish, dirt, negligible amount, tiny bit, hustle and bustle (of life), worldly cares, impurities of the world, ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean

ちり紙 ちりがみ tissue paper, toilet paper

ごみ rubbish, trash, garbage, refuse

ゴミ箱 ゴミばこ garbage can, rubbish bin, trash can, dustbin

粗大ごみ そだいごみ large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods), oversized garbage, bulky rubbish, useless man about the house, husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

家庭ごみ かていごみ household garbage, household trash, household refuse