粉
粉 — Flour
flour, powder, dust
On’yomiフン (fun)
Kun’yomiデシメートル (deshime-toru)
Kun’yomiこ (ko)
Kun’yomiこな (kona)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 粉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粉 | こな kona | flour; meal; powder |
| 花粉 | かふん kafun | pollen |
| 小麦粉 | こむぎこ komugiko | wheat flour |
| 花粉症 | かふんしょう kafunshou | hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen) |
| 粉末 | ふんまつ funmatsu | fine powder |
| パン粉 | パンこ panko | breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour |
Study notes
粉 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1484 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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