The kanji 綿: meaning, readings and stroke order

綿

Meaning: cotton
On reading: メン men
Kun reading: わた wata
Strokes: 14
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bông (miên)
Japanese: わた。もめん。
Korean: 솜, 목화 (면)
Chinese: 棉花、棉 (绵)

Readings, words and example sentences

メン men · on reading · less common

綿めん花か
cotton (from the cotton plant)
綿めん花かから糸を作ります。
People make thread from cotton.

わた wata · kun reading

綿わた
cotton, cotton stuffing
ふとんに 綿わたを入れます。
People stuff cotton into the futon.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.