粉
powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #513 U+7C89
How 粉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “grain”) + 分 (phonetic, fēn)
How to remember it
powder · Heisig RSH #779
米 rice + 分 part
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 分
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 分 (fēn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分 sound component | fēn | to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity |
| 盆 | pén | basin, bowl, pot, tub |
| 芬 | fēn | aroma, fragrance, perfume |
| 纷 | fēn | tangled, scattered; numerous, confused |
| 扮 | bàn | costume, disguise; to dress up |
| 盼 | pàn | to look, to gaze; to expect, to hope for |
| 酚 | fēn | carbolic acid; phenol |
| 汾 | fén | a river in Shanxi province |
| 忿 | fèn | anger, fury; exasperation |
| 吩 | fēn | to order, to command; to instruct |
| 氛 | fēn | air; atmosphere |
| 玢 | bīn | (archaic) a kind of jade, porphyrite |
| 棻 | fēn | sandalwood |
| 棼 | fén | rafters; disordered, confused |
| 邠 | bīn | a county in Shaanxi province |
| 鼢 | fén | a variety of mole |
| 坌 | bèn | dust; earth; river bank; to dig; to unite |
Words containing 粉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生粉水 | shēng fěn shuǐ | starch solution (cooking) |
| 自发粉 | zì fā fěn | self-rising flour |
| 通心粉 | tōng xīn fěn | macaroni |
| 小粉红 | xiǎo fěn hóng | young Chinese cyber-nationalists |
| 白粉病 | bái fěn bìng | powdery mildew |
| 粉红色 | fěn hóng sè | pink |
| 花粉热 | huā fěn rè | hay fever |
| 可可粉 | kě kě fěn | cocoa powder |
| 太白粉 | tài bái fěn | cornstarch; potato starch |
| 粉头 | fěn tóu | prostitute (old); crafty character (in opera) |
| 生粉 | shēng fěn | cornflour; starch powder (cooking) |
| 小粉 | xiǎo fěn | starch |
| 白粉 | bái fěn | face powder; chalk powder; heroin |
| 路转粉 | lù zhuǎn fěn | (Internet slang) to go from being indifferent to being a big fan |
| 花粉 | huā fěn | pollen |
| 粉转黑 | fěn zhuǎn hēi | (Internet slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor |
| 发粉 | fā fěn | baking powder |
| 面粉 | miàn fěn | flour |
| 粉车 | fěn chē | (Mary Kay Cosmetics) pink car |
| 石粉 | shí fěn | talcum powder |