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Character Decomposition
棉=木+帛
Etymology
Silk 帛 picked off a tree 木
Meanings
generic term for cotton or kapok
cotton
padded or quilted with cotton
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Words with 棉 99 total
cotton-padded jacket棉袄mián ǎocomforter; quilt · CL: tiáo,床 chuáng, zhāng棉被mián bèicotton cloth棉布mián bùquilted cotton trousers · cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter)棉裤mián kùcotton boll (fruit)棉铃mián língcotton yarn棉纱mián shācotton field棉田mián tiáncotton thread · yarn cotton棉线mián xiàncotton-padded clothes · CL:件 jiàn棉衣mián yīasbestos石棉shí miáncotton wadding絮棉xù miánsterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)药棉yào miáncotton tree (Bombax ceiba)木棉mù miáncotton-padded hat棉帽mián mào(textiles) sliver · tampon (abbr. for wèi shēng mián tiáo)棉条mián tiáocotton swab · cotton bud棉棒mián bàngknitted cotton棉毛mián máocotton ball · swab · tampon棉球mián qiúcotton swab棉签mián qiāncotton wadding棉絮mián xùcotton棉花mián huaMedan (city in Indonesia)棉兰Mián lánlima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)棉豆mián dòu(bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)棉凫mián fú
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