綿 – cotton

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#1495 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 綿 means cotton. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is メン (men); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わた (wata). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	メン	men
Kun’yomi	わた	wata

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 巾・糸・幺・小・白.

Words using 綿

木綿もめんcotton (material)綿めんcotton綿わたcotton plant (Gossypium spp.)

Example sentences

このブラウスは木綿製です。

This blouse is cotton.

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この綿のシャツは洗濯がよく効く。

This cotton shirt washes well.

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我々は綿の代わりにピーナッツを植えた。

We planted peanuts instead of cotton.

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Kanji with the same radical

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