棉 mián cotton
cotton; cotton-padded; padded or quilted with cotton
怎么记住“棉”: 木 tree + 帛 silk cloth = cotton. The girl picks white fluff off the tree in Grandma's yard, holds it against Grandma's best silk cloth and decides she prefers the cotton.
部件结构
棉 = 木 tree + 帛 silk cloth
- 木 tree
- 帛 silk cloth
The girl picks white fluff off the tree in Grandma's yard, holds it against Grandma's best silk cloth and decides she prefers the cotton.
How it came to be
It was made from an older character by putting the tree in place of silk.
用法
- Cotton: 棉花 (miánhuā) raw cotton, 棉衣/棉被 cotton-padded clothes/quilt.
- 棉 marks 'cotton-padded/quilted' for warmth: 棉袄 a padded jacket.
- Distinct from 绵 (mián, silk floss/continuous) though homophone: 棉 is the plant/fiber.
- 棉签 (miánqiān) = a cotton swab; 纯棉 = pure cotton.
含“棉”的词语
例句
- 棉被很暖和。 Miánbèi hěn nuǎnhuo.Comforters are very warm.