綿 (mián)
cotton/silk floss; continuous; soft; sheep
How 綿 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 糹 — silk
- Traditional
- 綿
- Simplified
- 绵
Components
- 糹 silk
- 白 white
- 巾 turban/scarf
Common words using 綿
- 海綿 hǎimián
- sponge
- 綿綿 miánmián
- continuous; uninterrupted
- 綿羊 miányáng
- a sheep
- 纏綿 chánmián
- touching (emotions); lingering (illness)
- 延綿 yánmián
- to extend continuously
- 綿延 miányán
- continuous (esp. of mountain ranges); to stretch long and unbroken; a continuous link
- 綿陽 miányáng
- Mianyang prefecture level city in Sichuan
- 軟綿綿 ruǎnmiánmián
- soft; velvety; flabby
- 連綿 liánmián
- continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted
- 海綿狀 hǎimiánzhuàng
- spongy
- 福壽綿長 fúshòumiáncháng
- good luck and long life
- 絲綿 sīmián
- silk floss; down
綿 in a sentence
清境農場有很多可愛的綿羊。
Qīngjìng Nóngchǎng yǒu hěn duō kě'ài de miányáng.
“There are many cute sheep at Cingjing Farm.”
How common is 綿?
綿 is the 2,181st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.7% of all running text.
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