Chinese Character 綿 Meanings and components.

Form

綿

Meaning

綿 meaning[3] in English

Silk Floss.

Continuous.

Soft.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 綿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and silk (帛)

Its radical[1] is: (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFHAB

How to write 綿

To write綿mian2silk floss you should write a combination of si1'silk' radical … , bo2silk arranged in a shape:

+ = 綿

綿 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 綿 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 綿, looks as follow:

綿
Pinyin:mian2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Silk Floss . Continuous . Soft . Weak . Mild-Mannered (Dialect)

Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]

Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao

Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Pinyin:bo2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Silk

Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai

Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50

Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]

Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 綿in English or Chinese