also: せん
felt rug; felt carpet
Refers to a rug or carpet made of felt. In modern Japanese, the compound 毛氈 (もうせん) is far more common for this meaning. The standalone word 氈 is rare and mostly found in historical or specialized contexts.
See also: 毛氈 (もうせん)
The character 氈 appears in old documents, but nowadays it is normally written as 毛氈.
Rare kanji; the word is more commonly encountered as 毛氈 (もうせん).
Kana spelling for the on'yomi reading; mainly used in explanatory contexts.
The kanji 氈 is a phono-semantic compound with 毛 (hair, fur) and 亶 (phonetic). The native Japanese reading かも is of uncertain origin and is now obsolete.