垃圾
lèsè · HSK 4
trash
🗑️ 垃圾 = rubbish + refuse; lèsè (Taiwan) vs lājī (Mainland) both mean trash
Both characters carry the 土 (earth) radical, fitting for discarded matter swept into the dirt. The Taiwan reading lèsè is older; Mainland standard shifted to lājī in the 20th century, but both spellings refer to the same garbage.