Kanji Detail for 絮 - "cotton, padded, tedious"

絮

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
絮 means "cotton, padded, tedious."
1. Cotton - Raw cotton; silk floss; old cotton.
2. Padded - Lined with cotton.
3. Tedious - Annoying; troublesome.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

cotton

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

waste cotton, raw silk or cotton

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

cotton padding; fluff, padding, waste; long-winded

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Now cotton with seeds removed and fluffed. Is also colloquially called 絮. | Flowers that are soft and fluffy and float are called 絮. Such as 柳絮 (willow catkins), 蘆絮 (reed fluff).
Onyomi

jo(じょ)

sho(しょ)
Kunyomi

wata(わた)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

糸 (ito・itohen)
Related Keywords
cotton raw silk floss old padded lined tedious annoying troublesome