綿棒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綿	棒
めん Grade: 5	ぼう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

綿 (men, “cotton”) +‎ 棒 (bō, “stick”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) めんぼー [méꜜǹbòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [mẽ̞mbo̞ː]
Homophones: 麺棒, 麪棒

Noun

綿棒 (hiragana めんぼう, rōmaji menbō, historical hiragana めんばう)

a cotton swab

Korean

Hanja in this term
綿	棒

Noun

綿棒 • (myeonbong, McCune-Reischauer: myŏnbong, Yale: myenpong) (hangeul 면봉)

Hanja form^? of 면봉 (“cotton swab”).

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