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棉 = 帛 + 木
棉 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “raw cotton”. It is built from 帛 (napkin) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2572.
- Keyword
- raw cotton
- RTK frame
- 2572
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- メン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- わた
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- cotton, сырой хлопок
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 棉 cotton
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 棉 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “napkin” + “tree”. 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.