Refers to the carbohydrate starch, commonly used in cooking and food science. The word is usually written in kana (でんぷん) in everyday contexts.
Potatoes contain a lot of starch.
This dish uses starch.
デンプン (starch) is the plant's glucose-storage molecule, whereas グリコーゲン is the analogous storage molecule found in animals and fungi.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; this is a standard written form.
Hiragana spelling; usually written in kana.
Katakana spelling common in scientific and food contexts; it is a reading with no kanji.
Formal kanji spelling; rarely used in everyday writing. It is usually written in kana.
Rarely used kanji form.
The kanji 澱 means 'sediment' or 'dregs', and 粉 means 'powder', together suggesting a powdery substance that settles. The reading でんぷん is the on'yomi of these characters. The word is usually written in kana in modern Japanese.