棉 — Chinese character
棉
mián
cotton; cotton-padded
- Pinyin
- mián
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 木 帛
- Formation
- ideographic — Silk 帛 picked off a tree 木
- Japanese
- 棉 as a kanji
Common words with 棉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棉花 | mián hua | cotton |
| 石棉 | shí mián | asbestos |
| 棉布 | mián bù | cotton cloth |
| 棉被 | mián bèi | comforter; quilt; 条 (tiáo),床 (chuáng),张 (zhāng) |
| 棉袄 (棉襖) | mián ǎo | cotton-padded jacket |
| 棉纱 (棉紗) | mián shā | cotton yarn |
| 木棉 | mù mián | cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) |
| 纯棉 (純棉) | chún mián | pure cotton; 100% cotton |
| 棉衣 | mián yī | cotton-padded clothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 卫生棉 (衛生棉) | wèi shēng mián | sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds); (Tw) sanitary napkin |
| 棉田 | mián tián | cotton field |
| 棉絮 | mián xù | cotton wadding |
English words written with 棉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.