粉 meaning and stroke order
Powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
How to write 粉, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 粉
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- 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
How 粉 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Grain.
米 gives the meaning and 分 hints at the sound.
Radical: 米 (rice), shared by 50 characters on this site.
How to remember 粉
粉 combines 米 (mǐ, rice or grain) with 分 (fēn, to divide). Picture rice grains divided again and again until they become fine powder. 分 also gives the sound fěn.
粉 appears in words for powders like 面粉 (miànfěn, flour) and 奶粉 (nǎifěn, powdered milk), and in names of starch noodles such as 米粉 (mǐfěn, rice noodles). It also means pink in 粉色 (fěnsè). Example: 我想买一袋面粉。(Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yí dài miànfěn.) I want to buy a bag of flour.
Common mistake: Learners often say fēn (first tone) because the phonetic part 分 is usually read fēn. 粉 is third tone, fěn. Also do not confuse it with 份 (fèn, portion), which has the person radical 亻 instead of 米.
Common words with 粉
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 奶粉 | nǎifěn | powdered milk | HSK 6 |
| 洗衣粉 | xǐyīfěn | laundry detergent; washing powder | HSK 6 |
| 粉丝 | fěnsī | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or s | HSK 7-9 |
| 粉碎 | fěnsuì | to crush; to smash; to shatter | HSK 7-9 |
| 面粉 | miànfěn | flour | HSK 7-9 |
| 淀粉 | diànfěn | starch; amylum (C6H10O5)n | HSK 7-9 |
| 粉红色 | fěnhóngsè | pink | |
| 粉色 | fěnsè | pink | |
| 粉红 | fěnhóng | pink | |
| 通心粉 | tōngxīnfěn | macaroni | |
| 白粉 | báifěn | face powder; chalk powder | |
| 粉刷 | fěnshuā | to paint; to whitewash | |
| 粉末 | fěnmò | fine powder; dust | |
| 花粉 | huāfěn | pollen |
粉 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 粉
How many strokes are in 粉?
粉 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 粉 mean?
粉 (fěn) means powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour. A common word with it is 奶粉 (nǎifěn), meaning "powdered milk".
How do you pronounce 粉?
粉 is pronounced fěn, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 粉?
The radical of 粉 is 米, which carries the idea of "rice". Dictionaries list 粉 under this radical.
Is 粉 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 粉 is part of the HSK 6 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Why does 粉丝 mean both noodles and fans?
粉丝 (fěnsī) originally means thin starch noodles. It later became a sound loan for the English word fans, so today it also means a fan or follower of a celebrity.
Does 粉 by itself mean pink?
Yes, in casual speech 粉 alone can mean pink, as in 这件衣服很粉 (zhè jiàn yīfu hěn fěn), this outfit is very pink. More standard forms are 粉色 (fěnsè) and 粉红色 (fěnhóngsè).