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綿 = 帛 + 糸
綿 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cotton”. It is built from 帛 (napkin) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1467.
- Keyword
- cotton
- RTK frame
- 1467
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- メン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- わた
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- хлопок
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 綿 cotton wad
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 綿 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “napkin” + “thread”. 綿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 綿 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.