Character: 粉
Modern (Beijing) reading: fěn
Preclassic Old Chinese: pǝnʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pǝ́n
Western Han Chinese: pǝ́n
Eastern Han Chinese: pwǝ́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ́n
Middle Chinese: pǘn
English meaning : peeled grain
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пудра, мука (рисовая, картофельная, бобовая); порошок; 2) известка; 3) пудрить; 4) белить; штукатурить; 5) непристойный, неприличный; 6) дециметр
Comments: The later (and usual) meaning is 'flour'. The word is also used in compounds meaning 'noodles', thus it seems possible that Viet. bún 'vermicelli' is an independent loan from the same source.
Radical: 119
Four-angle index: 4197
Karlgren code: 0471 d
Vietnamese reading: phấn
