Meaning

Primary

Wheat Flour

Alternative

Flour

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Small wheat powder is wheat flour, or flour.

Reading

こむぎこ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word uses the kun'yomi readings of all three kanji. The and the both use kun'yomi that you haven't learned yet, but luckily they are both the same! Just think about how "small" things are like "children" (), and "powder" is also small. So both and are read .

Context

Context Sentences

お水の三倍の量の小麦粉を入れてください。

Add three times more flour than water.

これは小麦粉を練って作ったお菓子です。

This is a sweet that is made by kneading flour.

うわっ最悪。さっき買った高級小麦粉、電車に忘れちゃった。

Oh no. I left the expensive flour I just bought on the train.

Kanji Composition