Chinese symbol for “dusting”
敷粉
fū fěn
to sprinkle powder; a dusting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dusting is 敷粉 (fū fěn), defined as: to sprinkle powder; a dusting.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 敷粉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敷衍 | fū yǎn | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics) |
| 入不敷出 | rù bù fū chū | income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet |
| 敷设 (敷設) | fū shè | to lay; to spread out |
| 热敷 (熱敷) | rè fū | to apply a hot compress |
| 外敷 | wài fū | to apply externally |
| 敷衍了事 | fū yǎn liǎo shì | (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions |
| 粉丝 (粉絲) | fěn sī | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") |
| 奶粉 | nǎi fěn | powdered milk |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dusting”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.