fěn
powder
Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
fěn
powder, face powder; plaster; powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; whitewash; white; pink
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mə.pənʔ | pjunX | fěn | flour |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 28.1115% of movies
1154th most common character in movies
1498th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+7C89 |
Shuowen | “粉，傅面者也。从米，分聲。” |
Sources
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