Meanings
- flour
- powder
- dust
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1484 of 2,500
Kanji N2
粉: flour, powder, dust
粉 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning flour, powder, dust, written with 10 strokes. It is read フン (on) and デシメートル, こ, こな (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 粉 (こな, flour) and 花粉 (かふん, pollen).
粉
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- フン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- デシメートル
- こ
- こな
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 粉
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- 粉こなJLPT N3
flour; meal; powder; dust
- JLPT N1
- JLPT N1
- 粉々こなごなJLPT N1
in very small pieces
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