花粉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 花粉 is read as かふん and is a noun for pollen, the fine powder produced by flowers and transferred as part of plant reproduction.
• Basic usage: Yellow pollen adhering to a window frame appears in 黄色い花粉が付く, while a bee getting pollen on its body appears in 蜂が体に花粉を付ける.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The powder produced by flowers
  • It identifies the plant material itself, which may travel through air or on insects, rather than an allergic reaction to it.
• Difference from 花粉症
  • Unlike the word for allergy symptoms caused by pollen, this term denotes the pollen itself.