The kanji 綿 represents "cotton" or "cotton wool." It refers to the soft, fluffy fibers that are harvested from the cotton plant. The core meaning focuses on this soft, fibrous material and its properties.

・On-yomi (音読み): メン (men) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): わた (wata)

⚫︎綿（わた）の服（ふく） Translation: cotton clothes ⚫︎綿（めん）製品（せいひん） Translation: cotton products ⚫︎脱脂綿（だっしめん） Translation: absorbent cotton

The kanji 綿 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字 - keisei moji). The left side is a radical called 糸（いと）, meaning "thread" or "silk." This gives a clue as to the character's meaning of "fiber." The right side of the character, 面（めん） (men), provides the phonetic component, suggesting the sound "men." The combination visually and semantically represents a material related to thread or cloth, specifically cotton, which has a fluffy and soft texture like thread.