TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
棉
棉 ＝ 木 ＋ 帛
ㄇㄧㄢˊ · mián
noun — cotton
字源 FORM — what the parts do
帛義silk cloth — the soft fibre it yields
A plant (木) with silk cloth (帛) — the bush that gives cloth-soft fibre, cotton. The two meanings together fix on the plant whose bolls spin into thread: 棉花、棉布.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一株（木）綻開的棉鈴，白絮像扯散的絲帛（帛），一團團掛在枝上。
A plant (木) splits its bolls, the white fluff like teased-out silk (帛) clustered on the branch.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)棉花— cotton, the cotton plant常用
→棉布、棉衣— cotton cloth; padded clothes
⇒木棉— the kapok / cotton tree
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension