粉 means “powder, flour”

こな · kona

Also: dust

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

デシメートル, こ, こな

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

フン

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The story

Rice (米) divided (分) again and again until it is dust: powder. 小麦粉 is wheat flour, 粉雪 the light powder snow of Hokkaido's ski slopes, and 花粉 the cedar pollen behind Japan's spring hay fever season.

Used in 小麦粉 (komugiko, wheat flour), 花粉 (kafun, pollen), and 粉雪 (konayuki, powder snow)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.