Moto 綿: CottonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- メン
- Kun'yomi
- わた
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 120 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (メン)
- 綿密めんみつminute; detailed
- 綿棒めんぼうcotton swab
- 綿糸めんしcotton yarn (thread)
- 綿花めんかraw cotton; cotton wool
- ガラス綿ガラスめんglass wool
- 伝達性海綿状脳症でんたつせいかいめんじょうのうしょうtransmissible spongiform encephalopathy; TSE
- 印綿いんめんIndian cotton (raw)
- 原綿げんめんraw cotton
- 周到綿密しゅうとうめんみつextremely complete (thorough, careful) and detailed
- 尿道海綿体にょうどうかいめんたいcorpus spongiosum penis (body of penile erectile tissue surrounding the urethra)
- 岩綿がんめんrock wool
- 強綿薬きょうめんやくguncotton
- 情緒纏綿じょうしょてんめんtender sentiments; being overcome with emotions
- 情緒纒綿じょうしょてんめんtender sentiments; being overcome with emotions
- 採綿器さいめんきcotton picker (machine)
- 梳綿機そめんきcarding machine
- 海綿かいめんsponge
- 海綿体かいめんたいbody of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
- 海綿動物かいめんどうぶつ(sea) sponges
- 海綿状かいめんじょうspongiform; spongelike
- 海綿状組織かいめんじょうそしきspongy tissue
- 海綿質かいめんしつspongin
- 海綿鉄かいめんてつsponge iron
- 火綿かめんcolloxylin
- 牛海綿状脳症うしかいめんじょうのうしょうbovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE
- 珪質海綿けいしつかいめんsiliceous sponge (any sponge other than those of class Calcarea)
- 石灰海綿せっかいかいめんcalcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
- 石綿沈着症せきめんちんちゃくしょうasbestosis
- 石綿症せきめんしょうasbestosis
- 硝化綿しょうかめんcellulose nitrate
- 米綿べいめんAmerican cotton
- 純綿じゅんめんpure cotton; all-cotton
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 綿わたcotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
- 石綿いしわたasbestos
- インド綿の木インドわたのきIndian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
- 中綿なかわたpadding (clothing or bedding); insulation
- 含み綿ふくみわたwad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)
- 引き綿ひきわたfloss silk
- 真綿まわたsilk floss; silk wadding
- 真綿で首を絞めるまわたでくびをしめるto drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point
- 石綿金網いしわたかなあみasbestos coated wire mesh (was used in schools as test equipment)
- 穂綿ほわたcattail cotton; cattail fluff
- 結い綿ゆいわたtraditional hairstyle worn by unmarried women
Other readings
- 木綿もめんcotton (material)
- 綿布めんぷcotton cloth; cotton material
- 入綿いれわたcotton padding
- 六放海綿ろっぽうかいめんhexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)
- 南京木綿ナンキンもめんnankeen (cloth)
- 天竺木綿てんじくもめんcotton sheeting
- 晒し木綿さらしもめんbleached cotton cloth
- 晒木綿さらしもめんbleached cotton cloth
- 木綿物もめんものcotton goods or clothing
- 木綿糸もめんいとcotton thread
- 木綿綿もめんわたcotton batting; cotton wadding
- 木綿豆腐もめんどうふfirm tofu
- 木綿針もめんばりsewing needle for cotton thread
- 水綿あおみどろspirogyra; algae forming pond scum
- 浜木綿はまゆうcrinum
- 生木綿きもめんunbleached cotton cloth
- 白綿子樹うらじろのきJapanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
Showing the 60 most common of 120 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 綿
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