Chinese Character 绵 Meanings and components.

Form

绵

Meaning

绵 meaning[3] in English

Silk Floss.

Continuous.

Soft.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMHAB

How to write 绵

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

纟 + 帛 = 绵

绵 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

绵
Pinyin:mian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Silk Floss . Continuous . Soft . Weak . Mild-Mannered (Dialect)
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
帛
Pinyin:bo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Silk
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)

Notes

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

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

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