Japanese symbol for “dust”
粉
こな
Romaji: kona
flour; meal; powder; dust
In Japanese, dust is 粉, read こな (kona).
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Meanings
- n flour; meal; powder; dust
- n heroin
Written forms: 粉. Readings: こな、こ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dust”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 埃 | ほこり hokori | dust |
| 塵 | ちり chiri | dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs) |
| 汚物 | おぶつ obutsu | filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste |
| 叩く | はたく hataku | to dust; to remove dust |
| ダスト | ダスト dasuto | dust |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小麦粉 | こむぎこ komugiko | wheat flour |
| 粉末 | ふんまつ funmatsu | fine powder |
| 花粉 | かふん kafun | pollen |
| 粉砕 | ふんさい funsai | pulverization; pulverisation |
| 粉飾 | ふんしょく funshoku | embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration |
| 粉々 | こなごな konagona | in very small pieces |
See also: Chinese symbol for “dust”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.