powder

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 粉 has 10 strokes and denotes material in powder form.
• Basic usage: 粉 is read こな, and 粉末 is read ふんまつ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Changing a material's form
  • 豆を細かい粉にして means turning beans into a fine powder.
  • を marks the material being changed and に marks the resulting state.
• Powdered form
  • 粉末の薬 means powdered medicine.
  • 粉末 specifies a substance's form and overlaps in meaning with the everyday word 粉.