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粉

粉 U 7C89, 粉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C89
← 粈
[U 7C88] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 粊 →
[U 7C8A]

Translingual

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Han character

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

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 907, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26872
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1332, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3143, character 7
  • Unihan data for U 7C89

Chinese

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trad. 粉
simp. # 粉

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 粉
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
扮 *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼 *pʰrɯːns
頒 *praːn, *bɯn
朌 *praːn, *bɯn
鳻 *praːn, *bɯn
份 *prɯn, *bɯns
汃 *pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢 *prɯn
邠 *prɯn
攽 *prɯn
砏 *prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧 *brɯn
湓 *pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆 *bɯːn
葐 *bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分 *pɯn, *bɯns
吩 *pɯn
粉 *pɯnʔ
黺 *pɯnʔ
芬 *pʰɯn
紛 *pʰɯn
衯 *pʰɯn
棻 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰 *pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾 *bɯn
羒 *bɯn
枌 *bɯn
棼 *bɯn
妢 *bɯn
梤 *bɯn
馚 *bɯn
鼢 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅 *bɯnʔ
秎 *bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯnʔ) : semantic 米 (“rice”) phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) – face powder made of rice.

Etymology 1

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The earliest sense is believed to be "face powder". The term is then used for the color of this powder, "white", and later also the color of a face with this cosmetic, "pink". In early modern Chinese, the ancient "face powder" sense is partly reinforced by 粉底 (fěndǐ) (from English foundation). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 粉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方吻切
Baxter pjunX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨunX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/piunX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/punX/
Li
Rong 		/piuənX/
Wang
Li 		/pĭuənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯uənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fěn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 粉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fěn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjunX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mə.pənʔ/
English flour

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 粉
Reading # 1/1
No. 3151
Phonetic
component 		分
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		粉
Old
Chinese 		/*pɯnʔ/

Definitions

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粉

  1. powder
    麵粉是小麥做的粉。 [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.
    1. face powder
      粉墨登場／粉墨登场  ―  fěnmòdēngchǎng  ―  to go on the stage
    2. flour
    3. (Cantonese, slang) heroin
  2. † (ergative) to powder
    粉碎  ―  fěnsuì  ―  to smash
    粉身碎骨  ―  fěnshēn-suìgǔ  ―  to have one's body smashed to pieces
  3. ⁜ white; whitewashed
    粉壁  ―  fěnbì  ―  white wall
    粉飾／粉饰  ―  fěnshì  ―  to whitewash
  4. (～色) pink
    我把頭髮染成了粉的。 [MSC, trad.]
    我把头发染成了粉的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bǎ tóufa rǎnchéngle fěn de. [Pinyin]
    I dyed my hair pink.
  5. (dialectal) to whitewash
  6. food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc., usually not made from wheat flour)
    粉條／粉条  ―  fěntiáo  ―  Chinese vermicelli
    涼粉／凉粉  ―  liángfěn  ―  grass jelly
    河粉  ―  héfěn  ―  he fen noodles
    粥粉麵飯／粥粉面饭 [Cantonese]  ―  zuk1 fan2 min6 faan6 [Jyutping]  ―  congee, rice noodles, wheat noodles, and rice
    1. (specifically) cellophane noodles; bean or sweet potato noodles
  7. (Cantonese) powdery
Usage notes
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  • 粉 (fěn) and 麵／面 (miàn):
    As cereal food, generally 粉 is something made from rice while 麵 is from wheat. But this is not a strict distinction. The two characters are usually not interchangeable when referring to a specific kind of noodles.
Synonyms
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  • (powder):
Dialectal synonyms of 粉 (“powder”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 粉
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 麵兒
Singapore 粉
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 麵兒
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 麵麵兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 麵麵, 麵子, 粉粉
Wuhan 粉子
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 粉子, 粉
Hefei 粉
Cantonese Guangzhou 粉
Hong Kong 粉
Yangjiang 粉
Singapore (Guangfu) 粉
Gan Nanchang 粉
Hakka Meixian 粉
Jin Taiyuan 麵麵
Northern Min Jian'ou 粉
Eastern Min Fuzhou 粉粉
Southern Min Xiamen 粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 粉
Manila (Hokkien) 粉
Chaozhou 粉
Singapore (Teochew) 粉
Wu Shanghai 粉
Suzhou 粉
Wenzhou 粉
Xiang Changsha 粉子
Shuangfeng 粉子
  • (flour):
Dialectal synonyms of 麵粉 (“(wheat) flour”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 麵粉, 小麥粉, 粉
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 白麵, 麵
Taiwan 麵粉
Chengde 白麵
Chifeng 白麵, 麵
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 白麵
Heihe 麵粉, 白麵, 麵
Qiqihar 白麵, 麵
Harbin 麵粉, 白麵, 麵
Jiamusi 麵粉, 白麵
Baicheng 麵粉, 麵
Changchun 麵
Tonghua 白麵
Shenyang 麵粉, 白麵, 麵
Jinzhou 麵粉, 白麵, 麵
Singapore 麵粉
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 白麵
Tangshan 麵粉, 白麵, 麵
Cangzhou 麵
Baoding 白麵, 麵
Shijiazhuang 白麵
Lijin 麵, 麵子
Jinan 白麵, 麵
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 白麵
Dandong 麵粉, 白麵, 麵
Yantai 麵
Yantai (Muping) 麵
Qingdao 白麵, 麵
Zhucheng 麵
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 白麵, 麵
Lingbao 麥麵, 白麵
Jining 麵
Wanrong 麵
Linfen 白麵
Shangqiu 麵粉, 白麵
Yuanyang 麵粉, 麵
Zhengzhou 麵, 好麵
Xinyang 麵
Baihe 麵粉, 白麵, 灰麵, 麵
Xi'an 麵, 麥麵, 麵粉, 白麵
Baoji 白麵, 好麵, 麵
Tianshui 麵
Xining 白麵, 麵粉
Xuzhou 麵粉, 麵, 白麵
Fuyang 白麵, 麵
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 麵, 白麵
Lanzhou 白麵, 麵粉
Dunhuang 麵
Hami 白麵
Ürümqi 白麵, 麵
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 灰麵, 麵粉
Nanchong 灰麵, 麵粉
Dazhou 灰麵
Hanyuan 灰麵
Xichang 灰麵
Zigong 灰麵
Chongqing 灰麵
Wuhan 灰麵, 麵粉
Yichang 麵
Xiangyang 麵粉, 灰麵
Tianmen 麵粉, 白粉, 灰麵
Guiyang 灰麵
Zunyi 灰麵
Bijie 灰麵
Liping 灰麵
Zhaotong 灰麵
Dali 麵
Kunming 麵粉, 白麵, 灰麵, 麵
Mengzi 灰麵
Guilin 灰麵, 麵粉
Liuzhou 灰麵, 麵粉
Jishou 灰麵
Changde 灰麵
Hanzhong 麵粉, 白麵, 灰麵, 麵
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 乾麵, 麵粉
Yangzhou 乾麵, 麵粉
Lianyungang 白麵, 乾麵
Lianshui 乾麵, 麵
Nantong 乾麵
Anqing 麵粉
Wuhu 灰麵
Hefei 灰麵, 麵粉
Hong'an 小麥粉子, 灰麵粉子, 粉子
Cantonese Guangzhou 麵粉, 灰麵
Hong Kong 麵粉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 麵粉
Macau 麵粉
Guangzhou (Panyu) 麵粉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 麵粉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 麵粉
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 麵粉
Foshan 麵粉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 麵粉
Foshan (Shunde) 麵粉
Foshan (Sanshui) 麵粉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 麵粉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 麵粉
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 麵粉
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 麵粉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 麵粉
Jiangmen (Baisha) 麵粉
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 麵粉
Taishan 麵粉
Kaiping (Chikan) 麵粉
Enping (Niujiang) 麵粉
Heshan (Yayao) 麵粉
Dongguan 麵粉
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 麵粉
Qingyuan 麵粉
Fogang 麵粉
Yingde (Hanguang) 麥粉
Yangshan 麵粉
Lianshan (Butian) 麵粉
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 麵粉
Shaoguan 麵粉
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 麵粉
Renhua 麵粉
Lechang 麵粉
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 麵粉
Sihui 麵粉
Guangning 麵粉
Deqing 麵粉
Huaiji 麵粉
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 麵粉
Yunfu 穀麥粉
Xinxing 麵粉
Luoding 麵粉
Yunan (Pingtai) 麵粉
Yangjiang 麵粉
Gan Nanchang 灰麵
Pengze 麵粉
Lichuan 麵灰
Pingxiang 灰麵
Hakka Meixian 麵粉, 麥粉
Dabu (Xihe) 麵粉
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 麵粉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 麵粉
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 麵粉
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 麵粉
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 麵粉
Raoping (Xinfeng) 麵灰
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 麵灰
Yudu 麵粉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 麵粉
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 麵粉
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 麵粉
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 麵粉
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 麵粉
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 麵粉
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 麵粉
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 麵粉
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 麵粉
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 麵粉
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 麵粉
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 麵粉
Sabah (Longchuan) 麵粉
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 麵粉
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 麵粉
Singkawang 麵粉
Huizhou Jixi 灰麵, 麵, 白麵
Shexian 灰麵
Jin Taiyuan 麵, 好麵, 白麵
Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) 好麵
Taiyuan (Jinyuan) 好麵
Pingyao 好麵
Yangyuan 麵粉, 白麵
Datong 白麵
Xinzhou 麵, 白麵, 好麵
Lüliang (Lishi) 白麵, 好麵
Changzhi 麵
Linhe 白麵, 麵
Jining 白麵
Hohhot 白麵
Erenhot 白麵
Pingshan 白麵
Zhangjiakou 白麵
Handan 麵粉, 白麵
Linzhou 麵粉, 白麵
Suide 白麵, 麵
Shenmu 白麵, 麵
Northern Min Jian'ou 麵灰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 麵粉
Fuqing 麵粉
Southern Min Xiamen 麵粉
Quanzhou 麵粉
Zhangzhou 麵粉
Zhao'an 麵粉
Taipei 麵粉
New Taipei (Tamsui) 麵粉
New Taipei (Sanxia) 麵粉
New Taipei (Pingxi) 麵粉
Kaohsiung 麵粉
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 麵粉
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 麵粉
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 麵粉
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 麵粉
Yilan 麵粉
Yilan (Luodong) 麵粉
Yilan (Toucheng) 麵粉
Changhua (Lukang) 麵粉
Changhua (Yongjing) 麵粉
Taichung 麵粉
Tainan 麵粉
Tainan (Anping) 麵粉
Hsinchu 麵粉
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 麵粉
Kinmen 麵粉
Kinmen (Jinsha) 麵粉
Penghu (Magong) 麵粉
Penghu (Xiyu) 麵粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 麵粉
Manila (Hokkien) 麵粉
Zhangping 麵粉
Zhangping (Yongfu) 麵粉, 麵
Datian 麵粉
Chaozhou 麵粉, 麵灰
Jieyang 麵粞, 麥粞, 麥粉
Haifeng 麵粉, 麵
Singapore (Teochew) 麵粉
Haikou 麵粉, 麵
Puxian Min Putian 麵末
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 麵末, 麵粉
Xianyou 麵末
Central Min Yong'an 麵粉
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 麵灰
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 麵粉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 麵粉
Wu Shanghai 麵粉, 乾麵
Shanghai (Songjiang) 漿麵, 麵粉
Shanghai (Jiading) 乾麵
Shanghai (Chongming) 乾麵
Suzhou 麵餑, 麵粉
Danyang 麵白, 麵糏
Hangzhou 麵粉
Ningbo 麵粉
Wenzhou 麵粉, 飛麵
Jinhua 飛麵, 麥粉
Xiang Changsha 灰麵
Loudi 灰麵粉
Shuangfeng 灰麵
  • (heroin):
Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 海洛因, 海洛英
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 白麵兒, 老海 dated
Taiwan 海洛因, 白粉
Singapore 白粉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 白麵兒, 老海
Xi'an 白麵兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 白麵兒
Southwestern Mandarin Dagudi (Maliba) 白粉
Reshuitang (Longling) 白粉, 粉藥
Mae Salong (Lancang) 白粉, 粉藥
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 白粉
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 白麵子
Cantonese Guangzhou 白粉
Hong Kong 海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 白粉
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 白粉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 白粉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 海洛英
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 白粉
Móng Cái 白粉
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 白粉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 海洛因
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 海洛因
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 海洛因
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 海洛因
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 海洛因
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 海洛因
Senai (Huiyang) 白粉
Jin Taiyuan 料子
Xinzhou 料子
Southern Min Xiamen 海洛因
Singapore (Hokkien) 白粉
Chaozhou 白粉
Shantou 白粉
Jieyang 白粉
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 白粉
Pontianak (Teochew) 下洛因
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 白粉
Wu Danyang 白粉, 白麵
Wenzhou 白粉
  • (pink):
Dialectal synonyms of 粉紅 (“pink”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 粉紅, 粉
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 粉紅
Cantonese Hong Kong 粉紅
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 粉紅
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 粉紅, 水紅
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 粉紅
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 粉紅
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 粉紅
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 粉紅
Southern Min Xiamen 水紅
Quanzhou 水紅
Zhangzhou 水紅
  • (noodles):
Dialectal synonyms of 粉絲 (“cellophane noodles”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 粉絲
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 粉, 粉絲
Taiwan 粉絲, 冬粉
Harbin 粉絲
Singapore 冬粉
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 細粉條兒, 粉絲
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 粉絲, 粉絲子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 粉絲兒
Wanrong 粉絲
Xi'an 粉絲, 粉絲兒
Xining 粉絲兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 粉絲
Lanzhou 粉絲子
Ürümqi 粉絲兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉
Wuhan 線粉, 粉條
Liuzhou 粉絲
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 粉絲, 索粉
Yangzhou 粉絲, 索粉
Hefei 粉絲
Cantonese Guangzhou 粉絲
Hong Kong 粉絲
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 來絲, 粉仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 粉絲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 來絲仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 粉仔
Macau 粉絲
Guangzhou (Panyu) 粉絲
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 粉絲
Guangzhou (Conghua) 粉絲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 粉絲
Foshan 粉絲
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 粉仔
Foshan (Shunde) 粉絲
Foshan (Sanshui) 粉絲
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 粉絲
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 粉絲
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 珍絲
Zhuhai (Doumen) 粉絲
Jiangmen (Baisha) 粉絲
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 粉絲
Taishan 細粉
Kaiping (Chikan) 細粉
Enping (Niujiang) 細粉
Heshan (Yayao) 粉絲
Dongguan 來絲
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 粉絲
Yangjiang 鬚粉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 粉絲, 冬粉
Singapore (Guangfu) 粉絲
Gan Nanchang 線粉
Hakka Meixian 粉絲
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 粉絲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 來絲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 粉絲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 粉仔
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 米絲
Yudu 粉絲
Hong Kong 來絲仔
Senai (Huiyang) 冬粉
Huizhou Jixi 粉絲
Jin Taiyuan 粉絲, 細粉, 細粉絲
Xinzhou 粉絲子
Northern Min Jian'ou 粉絲, 山東粉
Eastern Min Fuzhou 粉絲, 山東粉
Matsu 山東粉
Southern Min Xiamen 冬粉, 粉絲
Quanzhou 冬粉
Zhangzhou 冬粉, 粉仔
Penang (Hokkien) 冬粉
Singapore (Hokkien) 冬粉
Manila (Hokkien) 冬粉, 山東粉
Chaozhou 粉絲
Jieyang 粉條, 粉絲
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 豆簽, 冬粉
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 珍絲
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 珍絲
Wu Shanghai 線粉, 粉絲
Shanghai (Chongming) 索粉, 線粉
Suzhou 線粉, 索粉 wet
Danyang 索粉
Hangzhou 線粉
Ningbo 線粉
Wenzhou 洋粉
Xiang Changsha 湘粉, 粉絲, 南粉, 西粉 less common
Shuangfeng 南粉
Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (粉):
  • → Vietnamese: phấn (粉)

Etymology 2

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Short for 粉絲／粉丝 (fěnsī), from English fans.

Definitions

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粉

  1. fan; fanatic
    明粉  ―  Míng fěn  ―  fan of the Ming dynasty
    川粉  ―  chuānfěn  ―  fan of Donald Trump
    米粉  ―  mǐfěn  ―  fan of Xiaomi
  2. (Internet, neologism, slang) follower on a social media platform; subscriber
  3. (transitive) to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

粉

Kyūjitai

粉

Kanji

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粉

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. powder

Readings

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  • Go-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ふん (fun, Jōyō)
  • Kun: こ (ko, 粉, Jōyō)、こな (kona, 粉, Jōyō)

Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
粉
こ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

⟨ko1⟩ → */kwo/ → /ko/

From Old Japanese.[1] Used phonetically to spell ko in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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粉(こ) • (ko) 

  1. [from 759] powder
  2. [from 759] flour
Usage notes
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This reading remains in compounds and in certain set phrases. Use as a standalone noun began disappearing from the late 1600s in preference for the bisyllabic, and less ambiguous, kona reading.[1]

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
粉
こな
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Appears to be 粉 (ko, “powder”, see above) ‎ な (-na, suffixing element, meaning unclear).[5]

First cited to 1683.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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粉(こな) • (kona) 

  1. [from 1683] powder
  2. [from 1683] flour
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This reading began to replace the monosyllabic ko reading from the late 1600s, likely due to sound shifts and the resulting ambiguity of monosyllabic words. Compare also ancient 足 (a) and modern 足 (ashi), ancient 羽 (ha) and modern 羽 (hane).[1]

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 997:
    , text here
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 粉 (MC pjunX). Recorded as Middle Korean 분〮 (pwún) (Yale: pwún) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

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  • (powder; etc.):
  • (in 분홍 (粉紅, bunhong)):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pu(ː)n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [분(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

粉 (eumhun 가루 분 (garu bun))

  1. hanja form? of 분 (“powder”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Han character

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粉: Hán Nôm readings: phấn[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. chữ Hán form of phấn (“powder”).

References

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  1. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  2. ^ Bonet (1899).
  3. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ^ Trần (1999).
  6. ^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
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