棉 (min4 | mian2) : cotton

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棉

min4

mian2

cotton; kapok; things like cotton-wool

Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

棉

This word has been viewed 6005 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Jan 2011 04:12

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棉衲 min4 naap6 = cotton-padded jacket 粵

棉花糖 min4 faa1 tong4*2 mian2 hua1 tang2 = cotton candy; marshmallow

棉花 min4 faa1 mian2 hua5 = cotton

棉花軟糖 min4 faa1 jyun5 tong4*2 = marshmallow

木棉 muk6 min4 mu4 mian2 = kapok (cotton); bigeye (fish)

棉胎 min4 toi1 = cotton quilt 粵

棉豆 min4 dau6*2 = butter bean

純棉 seon4 min4 = 100% cotton

石棉 sek6 min4 shi2 mian2 = asbestos; amiantus

玻璃棉 bo1 lei4*1 min4 bo1 li2 mian2 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 mian2 (PRC) = glass wool
See all 21 compounds (CantoDict reports 20 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 棉
Unicode code for this character: U+68c9 (off-site link)

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