棉
generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,523 U+68C9
How 棉 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Silk 帛 picked off a tree 木
How to remember it
cotton · Heisig RSH #418
木 tree + white towel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 棉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红色高棉 | Hóng sè Gāo mián | Khmer Rouge, Cambodian political party |
| 格子棉布 | gé zi mián bù | gingham |
| 棉兰老岛 | Mián lán lǎo Dǎo | Mindanao (island in the Philippines) |
| 石棉县 | Shí mián Xiàn | Shimian, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 卫生棉条 | wèi shēng mián tiáo | tampon |
| 木棉科 | mù mián kē | Bombacaceae (botany) |
| 卫生棉 | wèi shēng mián | sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds); (Tw) sanitary n… |
| 石棉瓦 | shí mián wǎ | asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated) |
| 棉花糖 | mián huā táng | cotton candy; candyfloss; marshmallow |
| 白棉纸 | bái mián zhǐ | stencil tissue paper |
| 棉花 | mián hua | cotton |
| 高棉 | Gāo mián | Cambodia; Kampuchea; Khmer |
| 石棉 | Shí mián | see 石棉縣|石棉县[Shi2 mian2 Xian4] |
| 石棉 | shí mián | asbestos |
| 棉线 | mián xiàn | cotton thread; yarn cotton |
| 棉布 | mián bù | cotton cloth |
| 木棉 | mù mián | cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) |
| 棉球 | mián qiú | cotton ball; swab; tampon |
| 棉花棒 | mián huā bàng | cotton swab; cotton bud |
| 棉兰 | Mián lán | Medan (city in Indonesia) |