綿
See also: 绵
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Translingual
Han character
綿 (radical 120 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹日月 (VFHAB), four-corner 26927, composition ⿰糹帛)
References
- KangXi: page 928, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27592
- Dae Jaweon: page 1366, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3416, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7DBF
Chinese
| trad. | 綿 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 绵 | |
| alt. forms | 緜 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (綿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 綿 | *men |
| 棉 | *men |
| 緜 | *men |
| 矊 | *men |
Pronunciation
Definitions
綿
Compounds
References
- “Entry #10784”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
綿
Readings
Etymology 1
綿 (men, wata): raw cotton on the bush.
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 綿 |
| めん Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 綿 (miɛn, “wool; cotton; soft, downy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- cotton (both the fiber and the cloth)
Usage notes
As a standalone noun, the term 木綿 (momen, “cotton”, literally “tree or bush + woolly batting”) is used more often. This is especially true in speech, to avoid ambiguity with the various homophones, such as 面 (men, “face”) or 麺 (men, “noodle”).
Synonyms
- 木綿 (momen)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 綿 |
| わた Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Originally referred to any batting or stuffing, which was generally unspun silk. The meaning shifted after the spread of cotton in the Muromachi period.
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- (both rare) 棉, 草綿
Noun
- the cotton plant
- raw cotton
- batting or stuffing
- (figuratively) the state of being exhausted or extremely tired (likely from the hard work required to pick cotton)
- 綿のように疲れた
- wata no yō ni tsukareta
- to be as tired as cotton → to be exhausted
- 綿のように疲れた
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 真綿 (mawata): silk batting; silk floss
- 綿菓子 (watagashi): cotton candy, candy floss
References
Korean
Hanja
綿 • (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune–Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)
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Vietnamese
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