綿 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- メンめん · men
- Kun
- わたwata
- Meaning
- cotton; wadding
Stroke order
Origin
糸 "thread" plus 帛 "silk cloth"; fine threads running on and on — hence "cotton, wadding."
Readings and examples
| Onメンめんmen | 綿布めんぷ綿密めんみつ純綿じゅんめん |
|---|---|
| Kunわたwata | 綿めん真綿まわた |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 綿花めんか
raw cotton
- 木綿もめん
cotton (cloth)
- 纏綿てんめん
- 綿纊めんこう
- 綿入れわたいれ
Example
このシャツは木綿でできている。
This shirt is made of cotton.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)