Chinese symbol for “cotton”
棉花
mián hua
cotton
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cotton is 棉花 (mián hua), defined as: cotton.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cotton”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棉 | mián | generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton |
| 绵 (緜) | mián | old variant of 绵 (mián); cotton |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 棉花.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
| 花钱 (花錢) | huā qián | to spend money |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cotton”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.