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-<WL>绵(F綿) [mián] continuous/unbroken (连/联绵); 棉/绵纱 cotton yarn; 海绵 sponge/foam; soft/weak; touching@@  [miān] (异读) 软绵绵
+<WL>绵(F綿) [mián] continuous/unbroken (连/联绵); 棉/绵纱 cotton yarn; 海绵 sponge/foam; soft/weak; touching@@  [miān] cf. 綿
-The character 绵/綿 mián ‘continuous/unbroken’ combines 纟/糸 (sī) ‘silk thread’, and 帛(􁔷) bó ‘silks’; formerly wr. 緜(􂏰).
+The character 绵/綿 mián ‘continuous/unbroken’ combines 纟/糸 (sī) ‘silk thread’, and 棉 mián (abbrev. phonosemantic); formerly wr. 緜(􂏰).
-	Compare: 棉 mián ‘cotton’ (sometimes wr. 绵/綿); 锦/錦(􁔸) jǐn ‘brocade’.
+	Compare: 棉 mián ‘cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)’, formerly wr. 緜, and later 绵/綿; 棉花 ‘cotton (Gossypium herbaceum)’; 锦/錦(􁔸) jǐn ‘brocade’.
-	Note: The reading 绵/綿 miān is limited to 软绵绵 ruǎnmiānmiān (HDC Index, XHC, OCD), also pronounced 软绵绵 ruǎnmiánmián (HDC, Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary); word-final reduplicated syllables sometimes exhibit tone-1 rarely or never attested elsewhere (e.g. 沉甸甸, 规规矩矩, 胖鼓鼓, 吁吁, 火辣辣, 热剌剌, …).
+	Note: The reading 绵/綿 miān is limited to 软绵绵 ruǎnmiānmiān (HDC Index, XHC, OCD), also read 软绵绵 ruǎnmiánmián (HDC, Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary); word-final reduplicated syllables sometimes exhibit tone-1 rarely or never attested elsewhere (e.g. 沉甸甸, 规规矩矩, 胖鼓鼓, 吁吁, 火辣辣, 热剌剌, …).
 #rW.88a D.5.3416.3 B.213.1.08 E.0
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