Memory phrase for the character: 棉


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Meaning

cotton or kapok

Pronunciation

mián

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: silk 帛 (= white 白 cloth 巾)

Mnemonic


 
From a tree comes this 'silk' (= white cloth): cotton.

Radicals

tree
silkWhite cloth/fabric is silk.




 Vocabulary

棉花 mián hua  cotton
棉铃 mián líng  cotton boll (fruit)
棉裤 mián kù  quilted cotton trousers; cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter)
棉絮 mián xù  cotton wadding
棉袄 mián ǎo  cotton-padded jacket
棉袄 mián ǎo  


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