Chinese symbol for “dust”
埃
āi
dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dust is 埃 (āi), defined as: dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dust”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰尘 (灰塵) | huī chén | dust |
| 尘 (塵) | chén | dust; dirt |
| 尘埃 (塵埃) | chén āi | dust |
| 尘土 (塵土) | chén tǔ | dust |
| 微尘 (微塵) | wēi chén | dust; (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 埃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尘埃 (塵埃) | chén āi | dust |
| 埃米 | āi mǐ | angstrom (Å) |
| 埃米尔 (埃米爾) | āi mǐ ěr | (loanword) emir; amir |
| 尘埃落定 (塵埃落定) | chén āi luò dìng | lit. the dust has settled (idiom); fig. to get sorted out |
| 埃斯库多 (埃斯庫多) | āi sī kù duō | escudo, former currency of Portugal and other countries |
| 埃居 | āi jū | écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dust”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.