木綿

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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木 綿
き
Grade: 1 		わた
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Compound of 木 (ki, “tree”) +‎ 綿 (wata, “batting”).

Pronunciation

Noun

木(き)綿(わた) or 木綿(キワタ) • (kiwata) 

  1. Bombax ceiba, a species of silk-cotton tree
    Synonym: パンヤの木 (pan'ya no ki)
  2. cotton wool, as opposed to 真綿 (mawata, “silk wadding”)
    Synonym: 綿花 (menka)

Proper noun

木(き)綿(わた) • (Kiwata) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
木 綿
もく > も
Grade: 1 		めん
Grade: 5
irregular on'yomi

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

/mokumen/ → */momːen/ → /momen/

Alteration of mokumen, itself derived from Middle Chinese elements 木 (moku, “tree”) + 綿 (men, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

Noun

木(も)綿(めん) • (momen) 

  1. cotton (fibre extracted from cotton seeds)
    Synonyms: コットン (kotton), 綿 (men)
  2. Short for 木綿糸 (momen ito): cotton thread
  3. Short for 木綿織り (momen-ori): an object woven from cotton
Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

木(も)綿(めん) • (Momen) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
木 綿
ゆう
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
jukujikun

/jupu/ → /jufu/ → */juwu/ → /juː/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly from the verb 結う (yuu, “to tie up”), from the way such strings are used to tie sakaki branches in Shinto rituals. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compare the development of 夕 (yū, “evening”).

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), likely from the similar texture and consistency of cotton.

Pronunciation

Noun

木綿(ゆう) • (yuu) ←ゆふ (yufu)?

  1. string made from the fibres of a paper mulberry bark
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also

Proper noun

木綿(ゆう) • (Yuu) ←ゆふ (yufu)?

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
木綿

Noun

木綿 • (mongmyeon) (hangeul 목면)

  1. hanja form? of 목면 (“cotton”)
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