Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
contain, include, hold in the mouth, bear in mind, understand, cherish
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 含有 【ガンユウ】 containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)
  • 含蓄 【ガンチク】 implication, significance, connotation, depth of meaning, complications of a problem
  • 内含 【ナイガン】 containing within (it), inclusion, (material) implication, material conditional

Kun reading compounds

  • 含む 【ふくむ】 to contain, to comprise, to have, to hold, to include, to embrace, to hold in the mouth, to bear in mind, to understand, to harbor (grudge, etc.), to harbour, to express (emotion, etc.), to imply
  • 含むところがある 【ふくむところがある】 to harbor ill feeling
  • 含める 【ふくめる】 to include (in a group or scope), to instruct, to make one understand, to include (a nuance), to put in (an implication), to put in (someone's) mouth, to permeate with flavor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
ham

Spanish

  • incluir
  • tener en mente
  • entender
  • comprender
  • tener en la boca
  • contener

Portuguese

  • incluir
  • ter em conta
  • compreender
  • tratar com carinho

French

  • inclure
  • retenir
  • comprendre
  • chérir
1118 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
667 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
402 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1677 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
405 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
453 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1317 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
286 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2534 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1602 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3350 Morohashi
2041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 New Nelson (John Haig)
1588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1712 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1103 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a5.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
2-4-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
8060.2 Four corner code
1-20-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
542b Unicode hex code

綿

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
cotton
Kun:
わた
On:
メン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1495 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 綿 【メン】 cotton
  • 綿密 【メンミツ】 minute, detailed, careful, scrupulous, thorough
  • 石灰海綿 【セッカイカイメン】 calcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
  • 六放海綿 【ロッポウカイメン】 hexactinellid sponge, glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)

Kun reading compounds

  • 綿 【わた】 cotton plant (Gossypium spp.), batting, wadding, padding
  • 海神 【かいじん】 sea god, Poseidon, Neptune, sea, ocean
  • 結い綿 【ゆいわた】 traditional hairstyle worn by unmarried women
  • 中綿 【なかわた】 padding (clothing or bedding), insulation, cotton wadding, stuffing (furniture)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian2
Korean:
myeon

Spanish

  • algodón
  • prolongado
  • minucioso

Portuguese

  • Algodão

French

  • coton
725 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
818 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
798 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
854 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3566 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
822 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2538 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1191 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1251 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
881 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1544 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1736 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
929 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1254 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1379 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27592 Morohashi
1373 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4531 New Nelson (John Haig)
1367 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1467 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
803 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2744 2001 Kanji
6a8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2692.7 Four corner code
1-44-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dbf Unicode hex code