TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
綿
綿 ＝ 糸 ＋ 帛
ㄇㄧㄢˊ · mián
adj/noun — soft and continuous; silk floss, cotton wadding
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糸義silk thread
帛義bolts of silk cloth
Silk thread (糸) joined to a bolt of cloth (帛) — fine strands linked end to end, 聯微. From unbroken thread come both the soft batting and the sense of stretching on without a break: 絲綿、綿延.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一縷縷絲（糸）連著布（帛），扯不斷，軟軟的——綿。
Strand after strand of silk (糸) linked to the cloth (帛), unbreakable, soft to the touch — that's 綿.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)聯微— fine threads joined unbroken
→絲綿、綿軟— silk floss; soft常用
⇒綿延、連綿— continuous — stretching on without a break
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
棉＝ 木 ＋ miánthe cotton cousin — 棉 takes 木 for the plant, 綿 takes for the thread帛bóthe silk-cloth half inside 綿, read bó on its own