綿

cotton

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

メン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

わた

Nanori (名乗り)

う

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:14

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1495

Vocabulary

メン

Word	Reading	Meaning
綿密	メンミツ	minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
石綿	セキメン	asbestos
綿花	メンカ	raw cotton; cotton wool
綿糸	メンシ	cotton yarn; cotton thread
綿棒	メンボウ	cotton swab

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
綿	めん	cotton
綿	わた	cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
綿	ワタ	cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
木綿	もめん	cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
木綿	きわた	cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine

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straw rope, cord

dark blue, navy

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain

tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten

compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book