螺蛳粉
luó​sī​fěn

luosifen

螺 luó spiral shell

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

累
累 Sound component
lèi, lěi tired

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlwak.rˤojspiral, snail
Zhengzhangroːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

蛳 sī kind of snail with spiral shell Simplified

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

mollusk

师
师 Sound component
shī teacher

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

粉 fěn powder

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
分
分 Sound component
fēn, fèn, fen divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

頪

Remnant (1)

頪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjunXmə.pənʔ flour

說文解字

《說文》：“粉，傅面者也。从米，分聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

螄 kind of snail with spiral shell Traditional

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

mollusk

師
師 Sound component
shī teacher

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsri

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang