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綿

cotton
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingメン
Kun readingわた

Meanings

  1. cottonRtK
    茶碗を投げれば綿にて受けよ。A soft answer is a specific cure of anger.tatoeba
    我々は綿の代わりにピーナッツを植えた。We planted peanuts instead of cotton.tatoeba
  1. cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
  2. batting
  3. wadding
  4. padding

Synonyms

コットン木綿綿布

Homonyms

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Same reading (めん)
面 · face麺 · noodles

Popular Usage

木綿

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · napkin · white (白) · dove · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1467

Compound words

彼はウールと綿の区別がつかない。めん
He cannot tell wool from cotton.tatoeba
上質の綿でできています。めん
It's made of fine cotton.tatoeba
私は木綿のシャツを2枚買った。もめん
I bought two cotton shirts.tatoeba
この綿の靴下は洗濯がきく。めん
These cotton socks bear washing well.tatoeba
我々は綿の代わりにピーナッツを植えた。わた
We planted peanuts instead of cotton.tatoeba
我々はその畑に今年は綿を植え付けるつもりだ。わた
We will crop the field with cotton this year.tatoeba
彼はその状況について綿密な分析をした。
He made a close analysis of the situation.tatoeba
彼はウールと綿の区別がつかない。
He cannot tell wool from cotton.tatoeba
彼の仕事は綿密な検査に耐えられるものではない。
His work won't bear close examination.tatoeba
日本は原綿の供給を海外に仰ぐ。
Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

シーツは綿じゃないと。
しーつはめんじゃないと。Sheets have to be cotton.
三十日間を超える、綿密なインタビューの成果だろう。
さんじゅうにちかんをこえる、めんみつないんたびゅーのせいかだろう。It must be the result of thorough interviews lasting more than thirty days.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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