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

14 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
Kun:
つ.む
On:
テキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 摘発 【テキハツ】 exposing, unmasking, laying bare
  • 摘出 【テキシュツ】 picking out, taking out, (surgical) removal, exposure

Kun reading compounds

  • 摘む 【つむ】 to pick, to pluck, to snip, to cut, to nip, to trim

Readings

Japanese names:
つむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhai1, zhe2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • señalar
  • revelar
  • coger
  • pellizcar

Portuguese

  • pouco
  • escolher
  • puxão
  • arrumar
  • recomeçar

French

  • saisir du bout des doigts
  • pincer
  • cueillir
  • tailler (haie)
  • récapituler
1625 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1065 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1987 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1600 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1379 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2066 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1447 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1540 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1256 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
851 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
664 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12582 Morohashi
694 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2266 New Nelson (John Haig)
657 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
709 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1706 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1349 2001 Kanji
3c11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
5002.7 Four corner code
1-37-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6458 Unicode hex code