棉 = 木 + 帛

棉 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cotton”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 帛 (silks).

Keyword: cotton
Pinyin (Mandarin): mián
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: хлопок
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 棉 raw cotton

Decomposition

ids

木 tree
帛 silks

How to find 棉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “silks”. 棉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 棉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.