塵
ごみ · gomi · JLPT N3 · noun
garbage
🗑️ 塵 = deer 鹿 over earth 土: the dirt a running herd kicks up
The kanji began as dust stirred up by deer, and it is also read ちり, meaning dust. Gomi grew from that sense to cover any rubbish. In everyday writing ごみ usually appears in kana, so this kanji mostly shows up in older or literary text.
ちり · chiri · JLPT N1 · noun
dust
