14 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 5th grade
    
                                                    JLPT exam level N2
                                            cotton
Kun'yomi
- わ - た - cotton plant (Gossypium spp.) ②batting 
On'yomi
- メ - ン - cotton 
Nanori
- う 
Character Breakdown
cotton
メン わた う (5th, N2)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
References
| Unicode hex code | 7DBF | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-44-42 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 3566 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 4531 | 
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1373 | 
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 1736 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 929 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1254 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1367 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1467 | 
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 854 | 
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 2538 | 
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 27592 | 
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 798 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 1191 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 1251 | 
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 725 | 
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 822 | 
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 818 | 
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 803 | 
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 881 | 
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 1544 | 
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1379 | 
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 6a8.8 | 
| Four corner code | 2692.7 | 
| De Roo Code | 2744 |