花粉

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Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	dust; powder
trad. (花粉)		花	粉
simp. ^#(花粉)		花	粉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāfěn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄈㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ fan²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoe-hún / hoa-hún

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ hung²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ho-fen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāfěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄈㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huafěn
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-fên³
  - Yale: hwā-fěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huafeen
  - Palladius: хуафэнь (xuafɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ fan²
  - Yale: fā fán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ fan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-hún
  - Tâi-lô: hue-hún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'huon
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ hun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hún
  - Tâi-lô: hua-hún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huon
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê¹ hung²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue húng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ huŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹ho-fen
  - MiniDict: ho^平 fen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-fen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ fən²¹/

Noun

花粉

pollen
花粉過敏／花粉过敏 ― huāfěn guòmǐn ― pollen allergy
(Mainland China Hokkien) powdered cosmetics (for one's face)
(Taiwanese Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) powder from Chinese cucumber Trichosanthes kirilowii

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花粉):

→ Japanese: 花(か)粉(ふん) (kafun)
→ Korean: 화분(花粉) (hwabun)

Others:

→ Vietnamese: phấn hoa (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	粉
か Grade: 1	ふん Grade: 5
on’yomi

花粉 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かふん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

花(か)粉(ふん) • (kafun) ^{←くわふん (kwafun)^?}

(botany) pollen
- 1999 July 22, “マグナム・リリィ [Magnum Lily]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
  
  いわゆるてっぽうユリ。花(か)粉(ふん)の弾(たま)を飛(と)ばし相(あい)手(て)を攻(こう)撃(げき)する。
  Iwayuru teppō yuri. Kafun no tama o tobashi aite o kōgeki suru.
  These lilies are also guns, and they attack opponents by shooting out pollen bullets.

Korean

Hanja in this term
花	粉

Noun

花粉 • (hwabun) (hangeul 화분)

Hanja form^? of 화분 (“pollen”).

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