The kanji 粉: meaning, readings and stroke order

粉

Meaning: powder, flour
On reading: フン fun
Kun reading: こ ko、こな kona
Strokes: 10
Radical: 米 rice
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bột (phấn)
Japanese: こな。こまかいつぶ。
Korean: 가루 (분)
Chinese: 粉、粉末

Readings, words and example sentences

フン fun · on reading

花か粉ふん
pollen
春は 花か粉ふんがたくさんとびます。
In spring, lots of pollen flies through the air.

こ ko · kun reading

小こ麦むぎ粉こ
wheat flour
小こ麦むぎ粉こでパンを作ります。
I make bread with flour.

こな kona · kun reading

粉こな
powder
薬を 粉こなにして飲みます。
I crush the medicine into powder and take it.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.