棉
HSK 6freq #5317
Meanings
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- 1.generic term for cotton or kapok
- 2.cotton
- 3.padded or quilted with cotton
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Wiktionary
- 1.kapok (tree, fiber)
- 2.cotton (tree, fiber)
- 3.cotton-like material
- 4.a surname, Mian
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Etymology
Variant of 綿 by replacing 糸 with 木 (裘錫圭：《文字學概要（修訂本）》, p222). Attested late, in Tang dynasty; unless Shijing’s 綿蠻 (OC *men mroːn, “tiny, delicate”) (according to Mao Commentary) is derived from "cotton" (Schuessler, 2007). Etymology unclear, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan (Schuessler, 2007)? Tibetan བལ། (bal) is cognate to either this or 蟠 (OC *baːn, *ban, “to coil, to curl”) (ibid.).
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