粉

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 米 + phonetic 分

Rice was used to make face powder

References

• 2005, William McNaughton, Reading & Writing Chinese: Simplified Character Edition, 2nd Edition, Tuttle, ISBN 978-0804835091, page 27:

Han character

粉 (radical 119 米+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火木金尸竹 (FDCSH), four-corner 9892₇, composition ⿰米分)

1. powder, face powder
2. plaster
3. rice noodles
4. bean or sweet potato noodles
5. starch
6. pink

References

• KangXi: page 907, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1332, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3143, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7C89

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		粉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěn (fen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan²
• Min Nan (POJ): hún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fên³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feen
    • IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan²
    • Yale: fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan²
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún
    • Tâi-lô: hún
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (粉, reconstructed)
Character (粉), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 文 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 方吻切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɨunX/	/pi̯uənX/	/piuənX/	/piunX/	/punX/	/pĭuənX/	/piuənX/

Definitions

粉

Noun

粉 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fěn)

1. powder

   面粉是小麥做的粉。 [MSC, trad.]

   面粉是小麦做的粉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Miànfěn shì xiǎomài zuò de fěn. [Pinyin]

   Flour is a powder made from wheat.

2. food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli)

   粉條 / 粉条  ―  fěntiáo  ―  Chinese vermicelli

   涼粉 / 凉粉  ―  liángfěn  ―  grass jelly

   河粉  ―  héfěn  ―  He fen noodle

3. pink

   粉色  ―  fěnsè  ―  pink color

4. white

Verb

粉 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fěn)

1. to whitewash

Compounds

• 粉腸／粉肠 (fěncháng, "saussage")
• 粉紅／粉红 (fěnhóng, "pink")
• 粉紅色／粉红色 (fěn hóngsè, "pink color")
• 粉條子／粉条子 (fěntiáozi, "Chinese vermicelli")
• 花粉 (huāfěn, "pollen")
• 米粉 (mǐfěn, "rice flour")
• 互粉 (hùfěn, "to mutually friend or follow (e.g. on online social media sites)")

References

• (Mandarin) "粉" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-01.

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Japanese

Kanji

粉

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. powder

Readings

• On: ふん (fun)
• Kun: こな (kona), こ (ko)

Compounds

花粉 小麦粉 薄力粉 中力粉 強力粉 そば粉 片栗粉 澱粉

米粉 黄粉 粉茶 白粉 天花粉 粉薬 粉雪 製粉

受粉 骨粉 胡粉 鱗粉 金粉 銀粉 鉄粉 粉砕

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Korean

Hanja

粉 (bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

粉 (*biə̌n, pǘn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

粉 (phấn)

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