Chinese symbol for “dusty”
尘封
chén fēng
Traditional: 塵封
covered in dust; dusty; lying unused for a long time
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dusty is 尘封 (chén fēng), defined as: covered in dust; dusty; lying unused for a long time.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dusty”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 尘封.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰尘 (灰塵) | huī chén | dust |
| 尘埃 (塵埃) | chén āi | dust |
| 尘土 (塵土) | chén tǔ | dust |
| 吸尘器 (吸塵器) | xī chén qì | vacuum cleaner |
| 沙尘暴 (沙塵暴) | shā chén bào | sand and dust storm |
| 沙尘 (沙塵) | shā chén | airborne sand and dust |
| 封锁 (封鎖) | fēng suǒ | to blockade; to seal off |
| 封闭 (封閉) | fēng bì | to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dusty”.
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.