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Kanji Detail for 棉 - "cotton"
棉
- Meaning
棉 means "cotton."
Cotton - An annual plant of the Malvaceae family.
Cotton - The fiber from cotton plants.
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The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cotton
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cotton; cotton padded
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cotton; cotton-padded
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. Same as 綿. There are herbaceous and woody varieties. The herbaceous kind, also called 草棉 (cotton plant), is the commonly used cotton, anciently called 吉貝. Originally from India. The seeds reached China in the Tang dynasty. Stems about two feet tall. Palm-shaped divided leaves. Fruit as large as a peach, splitting open when ripe to release cotton. Beaten into batting, spun into thread, woven into cloth. Seeds can be pressed for oil. The woody kind, also called 木棉 (silk cotton tree), grows in the hot regions of Fujian and Guangdong. Seven to eight zhang tall. Straight trunk. Red spring flowers and fruit with cotton that flies out when mature, yellowish-brown, like willow catkins. Can be used for bedding.
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