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綿 means 'cotton'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1580   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-20    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 53    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 50 words   Used in 109 words   Used in 190 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   メン
Kun
   わた cotton
Additional readings
Name    う
Variants
绵 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  糸 thread  帛 white turban  
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錦 brocade  線 line  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 綿 is used 4 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 綿 is used 102 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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メン : 68 words FIND ALL
め ん み つ 0
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
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わた : 33 words FIND ALL
わ た 2
Most common form: わた
noun
1. cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)  (often written with kana only)
2. batting; wadding; padding
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
も め ん 1 も め ん 0
noun
1. cotton (material)
2. red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)  (see also: パンヤの木; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading きわた)
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An additional 錦 less common words include 綿 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 818 (originally: 798)  Joy o' Kanji : 798  Key to Kanji: 1006 

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綿
メン   わた cotton   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
帛
white turban
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
巾
キン   turban; cloth
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