# 木綿
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 木 | 綿 |
| き Grade: 1 | わた Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 木 (ki, “tree”) +‎ 綿 (wata, “batting”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きわた [kíꜜwàtà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲiβ̞a̠ta̠]

#### Noun

木(き)綿(わた) or 木綿(キワタ) • (kiwata)
* Bombax ceiba, a species of silk-cotton tree
    Synonym: パンヤの木 (pan'ya no ki)
* cotton wool, as opposed to 真綿 (mawata, “silk wadding”)
    Synonym: 綿花 (menka)

#### Proper noun

木(き)綿(わた) • (Kiwata)
* a surname

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 木 | 綿 |
| もく > も Grade: 1 | めん Grade: 5 |
| goon ||
(Can this etymology be sourced?)
/mokumen/ → */momːen/ → /momen/
Alteration of mokumen, itself derived from Middle Chinese elements 木 (moku, “tree”) + 綿 (men, “cotton”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もめん [mòméń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mo̞mẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

木(も)綿(めん) • (momen)
* cotton (fibre extracted from cotton seeds)
    Synonyms: コットン (kotton), 綿 (men)
* Short for 木綿糸 (momen ito): cotton thread
* Short for 木綿織り (momen-ori): an object woven from cotton

##### Derived terms

* 木綿(もめん)糸(いと) (momen ito)
* 木綿(もめん)織(おり), 木綿(もめん)織(お)り (momen ori)
* 木綿(もめん)紙(がみ) (momen-gami)
* 木綿(もめん)縮(ちぢみ) (momen chijimi)
* 木綿(もめん)蔓(づる) (momen-zuru)
* 木綿(もめん)豆腐(どうふ) (momen-dōfu)
* 木綿(もめん)錦(にしき) (momen nishiki)
* 木綿(もめん)幅(はば) (momen haba)
* 木綿(もめん)針(ばり) (momen-bari)
* 木綿(もめん)綿(わた) (momen wata)
* 伊勢(いせ)木綿(もめん) (Ise momen)
* 岩(いわ)槻(つき)木綿(もめん) (Iwatsuki momen)
* 鬱金(うこん)木綿(もめん) (ukon momen, “cotton dyed with turmeric”)
* 漆(うるし)木綿(もめん) (urushi momen)
* 上総(かずさ)木綿(もめん) (Kazusa momen)
* ガス木綿(もめん) (gasu momen)
* 河内(かわち)木綿(もめん) (Kawachi momen)
* 生(き)木綿(もめん) (kimomen)
* 勝間(こつま)木綿(もめん) (Kotsuma momen)
* 晒(さら)し木綿(もめん) (sarashi momen)
* 絞(しぼ)り木綿(もめん) (shibori momen)
* 尺一(しゃくいち)木綿(もめん) (shakuichi momen)
* 尺三(しゃくさん)木綿(もめん) (shakusan momen)
* 白(しろ)木綿(もめん) (shiro-momen)
* 千(ち)草(ぐさ)木綿(もめん) (chigusa momen)
* 知多(ちた)木綿(もめん) (Chita momen)
* 天竺(てんじく)木綿(もめん) (Tenjiku momen, “thickly woven cotton sheeting”)
* 唐(とう)木綿(もめん) (tō-momen)
* 南京(なんきん)木綿(もめん) (Nankin momen)
* 花色(はないろ)木綿(もめん) (hanairo momen)
* 解(ほつ)し木綿(もめん) (hotsushi momen)
* 帆(ほ)木綿(もめん) (homomen, “cotton canvas”)
* 巻(まき)木綿(もめん), 巻(ま)き木綿(もめん) (maki momen)
* 松坂(まつさか)木綿(もめん) (Matsusaka momen)
* 真岡(もおか)木綿(もめん) (Mōka momen)
* 三河(みかわ)木綿(もめん) (Mikawa momen)
* 結(ゆう)城(き)木綿(もめん) (Yuuki momen)

#### Proper noun

木(も)綿(めん) • (Momen)
* a female given name
* a surname

### Etymology 3

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

* (Tokyo) ゆう [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [jɯ̟ː]

#### Noun

木綿(ゆう) • (yuu)
* string made from the fibres of a paper mulberry bark

##### Derived terms

* 木綿(ゆう)鹿毛(かげ) (yuu kage)
* 木綿(ゆう)鬘(かずら) (yuu kazura)
* 木綿(ゆう)肩衣(かたぎぬ) (yuu kataginu)
* 木綿(ゆう)四手(しで), 木綿(ゆう)垂(しで) (yuu shide)
* 木綿(ゆう)襷(だすき) (yuu-dasuki)
* 木綿(ゆう)畳(だたみ) (yuu-datami)
* 木綿(ゆう)付(つ)け鳥(どり) (yuu-tsuke-dori), 木綿(ゆう)付(つ)け (yuu-tsuke)
* 木綿(ゆう)裹(づつ)み (yuu-zutsumi)
* 木綿(ゆう)花(はな) (yuu hana)
* 虚木(うつ)綿(ゆう)の (utsuyuu no, pillow word)
* 白(しら)木綿(ゆう) (shirayuu)
* 染(そ)め木綿(ゆう) (someyuu), 染(し)め木綿(ゆう) (shimeyuu)
* 浜(はま)木綿(ゆう) (hamayuu)
* 真麻(まそ)木綿(ゆう) (masoyuu)
* 真(ま)木綿(ゆう) (mayuu)
* 短(みじか)木綿(ゆう) (mijikayuu)

##### See also

* 楮(コウゾ) (kōzo, “paper mulberry tree”)

#### Proper noun

木綿(ゆう) • (Yuu)
* a female given name

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 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)
* hanja form of 목면 (“cotton”)