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

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
spinning
Kun:
つむ.ぐ
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1876 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 紡績 【ボウセキ】 spinning (textiles), spun yarn
  • 紡織 【ボウショク】 spinning and weaving
  • 混紡 【コンボウ】 mixed yarn, mixed spinning
  • 綿紡 【メンボウ】 cotton spinning

Kun reading compounds

  • 紡ぐ 【つむぐ】 to spin, to make yarn, to spin (a tale), to assemble (e.g. words), to put together

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang3
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • hilado
  • hilar

Portuguese

  • Girar

French

  • filage
1814 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1113 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3505 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1415 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1624 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1681 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1859 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2015 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1563 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1521 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1646 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1189 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1369 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27305 Morohashi
1295 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4450 New Nelson (John Haig)
1357 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1380 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2745 2001 Kanji
6a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2092.7 Four corner code
1-43-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d21 Unicode hex code