EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 46
  1. Noun

    cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)

    Usually written using kana alone

    我々は綿の代わりにピーナッツを植えた。
    We planted peanuts instead of cotton.
  2. batting; wadding; padding

Also written 棉【わた】草綿【わた】

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Characters in this word

1
綿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cotton

Kun
わた
On
メン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1495 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-6-8SKIP code
6a8.8The Kanji Dictionary
2692.7Four corner code
2744deroo
7dbfUnicode hex code
1-44-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3566Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4531New Nelson (John Haig)
1373New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1736Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
929Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1254Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1367Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1467Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
854A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2538Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
27592Morohashi
798A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1191Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1251Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
725sakade
822Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
818henshall3
803Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
881Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1544Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1379Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mian2Pinyin reading
myeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level