# 粉 powder

米 (rice / America) + 分 (understand / divide / minute)
★★★☆☆
10 strokes
DUH

## Onyomi

FUN | It's FUN to snort powder!

## Mnemonic

| If you keep dividing rice kernels smaller and smaller, you will wind up with powder.

## Kunyomi

こな | powder ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

花粉症(かふんしょう) | hay fever ★★☆☆☆ 花 (flower) + 粉 (powder) + 症 (symptom) = 花粉症 (hay fever)
小麦粉(こむぎこ) | flour ☆☆☆☆☆ KUNKUN 小 (small size) + 麦 (barley) + 粉 (powder) = 小麦粉 (flour)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
粉 | powder | MINUTE | 分
粒 | grain | STAND | 立
紛 | ambiguous | STRING | 糸

If you STAND on top of grain,
you'll grind it to powder in one MINUTE
STRING is too ambiguous to be a good mnemonic!