The kanji 粉 generally means "powder," "flour," or "dust." It represents a substance that is finely ground or reduced to small particles. This can refer to a variety of materials, from the flour used in cooking to the fine dust in the air.

・On-yomi (音読み): フン (fun) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): こな (kona)

⚫︎ 小麦粉 (komugiko) Translation: Wheat flour ⚫︎ 粉砂糖 (konazatou) Translation: Powdered sugar ⚫︎ 石粉 (sekifun) Translation: Stone powder (e.g., used in construction)

The kanji 粉 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It combines two parts: the radical 米 (kome), meaning "rice" or "grain," which serves as the semantic component (indicating meaning), and 分 (fun/bun), meaning "to divide" or "to separate," which serves as the phonetic component (indicating pronunciation). The combination suggests the action of dividing or grinding rice or grain into a fine powder.