粉

Glyph origin
– face powder made of rice.

Etymology 1
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 (from English ).

Definitions

 * 1) powder
 * 2) face powder
 * 3) flour
 * 4)  heroin
 * 5)   to powder
 * 6) color
 * 7)  pink
 * 8)  white
 * 9)  to whitewash
 * 10) food
 * 11) food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc.)
 * 12) bean or sweet potato noodles
 * 1)  white
 * 2)  to whitewash
 * 3) food
 * 4) food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc.)
 * 5) bean or sweet potato noodles
 * 1) food
 * 2) food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc.)
 * 3) bean or sweet potato noodles
 * 1) bean or sweet potato noodles
 * 1) bean or sweet potato noodles
 * 1) bean or sweet potato noodles

Usage notes

 * and :
 * 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








Etymology 2
Short for, from.

Definitions

 * 1) fan; fanatic
 * 2)  follower on a social media platform; subscriber
 * 3)  to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire
 * 1)  follower on a social media platform; subscriber
 * 2)  to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire
 * 1)  to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire

Kanji

 * 1) powder

Compounds

 * , : rice flour
 * : dust tea
 * , : rice flour
 * : dust tea
 * , : rice flour
 * : dust tea
 * , : rice flour
 * : dust tea
 * , : rice flour
 * : dust tea
 * : dust tea

Etymology 1
→ * →

From. Used phonetically to spell ko in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Noun

 * 1)  powder
 * 2)  flour

Usage notes
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.

Etymology 2
Appears to be.

First cited to 1683.

Noun

 * 1)  powder
 * 2)  flour

Usage notes
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 and modern, ancient  and modern.

Etymology
From.