绵 — Chinese character
绵
mián
continuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy
- Pinyin
- mián
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 纟 帛
- Formation
- ideographic — A continuous thread 纟 of silk 帛
- Traditional
- 綿
Common words with 绵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海绵 (海綿) | hǎi mián | (zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge |
| 绵羊 (綿羊) | mián yáng | sheep |
| 绵延 (綿延) | mián yán | (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken |
| 缠绵 (纏綿) | chán mián | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) |
| 绵绵 (綿綿) | mián mián | continuous; uninterrupted |
| 连绵 (連綿) | lián mián | continuous; unbroken |
| 绵长 (綿長) | mián cháng | long and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive |
| 绵密 (綿密) | mián mì | detailed; meticulous |
| 软绵绵 (軟綿綿) | ruǎn mián mián | soft; velvety |
| 海绵体 (海綿體) | hǎi mián tǐ | erectile tissue (genital); corpus cavernosum |
| 延绵 (延綿) | yán mián | to extend continuously |
| 海绵状 (海綿狀) | hǎi mián zhuàng | spongy |
English words written with 绵
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.