Word Meaning 花粉

かふん kafun

花粉 is read as かふん (kafun) and means pollen.

Meaning

English

  1. pollen

Reading

Kana

かふん

Romaji

kafun

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 16481 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

花粉化石

かふんかせき

palynomorph

花粉情報

かふんじょうほう

pollen report

花粉学

かふんがく

palynology

花粉管

かふんかん

(flower's) pollen tube

スギ花粉

すぎかふん

cedar pollen

花粉症

かふんしょう

hay fever

花粉分析

かふんぶんせき

pollen analysis

花粉管核

かふんかんかく

pollen tube nucleus

花粉母細胞

かふんぼさいぼう

pollen mother cell

無花粉杉

むかふんすぎ

pollen-free Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

杉花粉症

すぎかふんしょう

cedar pollen allergy

花瓶

かびん

(flower) vase

Example Sentences

10

Hay fever is tough.

He's allergic to pollen.

Tom is allergic to pollen.

Tom has hay fever.

I'm allergic to pollen.

A lot of people are dealing with hay fever now.

The poor child suffers from hay fever.

When there's this much pollen, a mask is nothing more than a token comfort, isn't it?

For someone like me who has suffered from hay fever for years, this medicine is a lifesaver.

Just how well can masks block the, even smaller than pollen, yellow sand dust? I think it much more of a nuisance than pollen.