綿
メン, わた, う
cotton
JLPT2 G5 S14 F1495
緜
is
帛
# white cloth +
系
connection → connected fibers of *cotton* in a piece of cloth. However,
緜
has been supplanted by
綿
, which substitutes
糸
for
系
and transposes the elements.
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