Chinese Character 緜 Meanings and components.

Form

緜

Meaning

緜 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 綿|绵[Mian2].

Cotton.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 緜 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bai (白) , towel (巾) , and to connect (系)

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

In cangjie it is written with HBHVF

How to write 緜

To write緜mian2old variant … you should write a combination of 白bai2surname Bai 巾jin1towel , 系xi4to connect arranged in a 吅 shape:

白 + 巾 + 系 = 緜

緜 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

緜
Pinyin:mian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 綿|绵[Mian2] . Cotton
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
巾
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Towel . General Purpose Cloth . Women'S Headcovering (Old) . Kangxi Radical 50
冂
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]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
系
Pinyin:xi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Connect . To Relate To . To Tie Up . To Bind . To Be (Literary)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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