棉
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generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 棉
- Common rank
- #1,523
- Unicode
- U+68C9
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Words with 棉
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红色高棉 | Khmer Rouge, Cambodian political party | |
| 格子棉布 | gingham | |
| 棉兰老岛 | Mindanao (island in the Philippines) | |
| 石棉县 | Shimian, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 卫生棉条 | tampon | |
| 木棉科 | Bombacaceae (botany) | |
| 卫生棉 | sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds); (Tw) sanitary n… | |
| 石棉瓦 | asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated) | |
| 棉花糖 | cotton candy; candyfloss; marshmallow | |
| 白棉纸 | stencil tissue paper | |
| 棉花 | cotton | |
| 高棉 | Cambodia; Kampuchea; Khmer | |
| 石棉 | see 石棉縣|石棉县[Shi2 mian2 Xian4] | |
| 石棉 | asbestos | |
| 棉线 | cotton thread; yarn cotton | |
| 棉布 | cotton cloth | |
| 木棉 | cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) | |
| 棉球 | cotton ball; swab; tampon | |
| 棉花棒 | cotton swab; cotton bud | |
| 棉兰 | Medan (city in Indonesia) |