粉fěn
powder, flour, cosmetic powder; plaster. 10 strokes, radical 米, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 粉
Strokes 1–6 write 米, then strokes 7–10 write 分.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 粉 · the stroke-order rules
What 粉 is made of
米 (mǐ, rice) and 分 (fēn, to divide).
米 carries the meaning — grain — and 分 carries the sound.
Words that use 粉
| 奶粉 | powdered milk 指制成粉末的乳品 一对母子在门口装奶粉。A mother and son were measuring milk powder at the door. Lesson 622, 清明扫墓 · 沧溟泛彩与物华天宝 · Aquatic Exploration & Natural Bounty |
| 洗衣粉 | washing powder 指洗衣服用的粉状清洁剂 有人嫌洗衣粉气味太重。Someone objected that the washing powder smelled too strong. Lesson 661, 细菌研究 · 笃志博雅与通达四海 · Scholarly Diligence & Global Connections |
Characters that share the sound part 分
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 米
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 米 radical page.