Jisho

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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

5 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
Kun:
う.つう.ち-ぶ.つ
On:
ダース
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
239 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 打 【ダ】 hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.), batting, stroke
  • 打 【ダース】 dozen
  • 本塁打 【ホンルイダ】 home run
  • 二塁打 【ニルイダ】 two-base hit, double
  • 打 【ダース】 dozen

Kun reading compounds

  • 打つ 【うつ】 to hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound, to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.), to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.), to move, to impress, to touch, to drive in, to hammer in, to put in, to inject, to vaccinate, to type, to send, to transmit, to insert, to write in, to mark, to make (noodles, etc.), to prepare, to till (soil), to sprinkle, to throw, to cast, to do, to carry out, to play, to perform, to engage in (gambling, etc.), to pay (a deposit, etc.), to visit (on a pilgrimage), to line (a coat), to bind (a criminal), to drop (a piece)
  • 打つ手 【うつて】 way to do (something)
  • 打つ 【ぶつ】 to hit (someone), to strike, to beat, to make (a speech), to give (an address), to gamble
  • 打付ける 【ぶつける】 to hit (e.g. one's head), to strike, to knock, to run (into), to crash (into), to throw (at), to fling (at), to hurl (at), to vent (e.g. one's anger), to express (one's feelings), to throw (a question at someone), to pit (someone) against, to set against, to match against, to put up against

Readings

Japanese names:
うち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da3
Korean:
ta, jeong

Spanish

  • golpear
  • pegar

Portuguese

  • bater
  • acesso
  • batida
  • libra
  • dúzia

French

  • taper
  • frapper
  • coup
  • marteler
  • douzaine
460 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
355 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
335 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
180 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1829 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
682 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
554 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
136 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1020 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1059 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
771 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
854 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
142 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
660 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11781 Morohashi
193 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2063 New Nelson (John Haig)
653 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
705 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
435 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
256 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1353 2001 Kanji
3c2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
5102.0 Four corner code
1-34-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6253 Unicode hex code