粘
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to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,400 U+7C98
How 粘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “grain”) + 占 (phonetic, zhàn)
How to remember it
glue · Heisig RSH #2030
米 rice + 占 tell fortunes
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 占
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 占 (zhàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound component | zhàn | to divine; to observe; to versify |
| 点 | diǎn | dot, point, speck |
| 战 | zhàn | war, fighting, battle |
| 站 | zhàn | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations |
| 店 | diàn | shop, store; inn, hotel |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy |
| 钻 | zuàn | diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce |
| 黏 | nián | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue |
| 沾 | zhān | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch |
| 毡 | zhān | felt; rug, carpet |
| 砧 | zhēn | anvil, flat stone |
| 玷 | diàn | character flaw; a flaw in a gem |
| 坫 | diàn | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking |
| 苫 | shān | rush or straw matting |
| 飐 | zhǎn | to sway in the wind |
| 扂 | diàn | door latch |
| 鲇 | nián | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |
Words containing 粘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粘皮带骨 | nián pí dài gǔ | (old) (idiom) muddled; indecisive; plodding |
| 粘皮着骨 | nián pí zhuó gǔ | see 粘皮帶骨|粘皮带骨[nian2 pi2 dai4 gu3] |
| 粘船鱼 | zhān chuán yú | shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates) |
| 不粘锅 | bù zhān guō | non-stick pan |
| 粘性 | nián xìng | variant of 黏性[nian2 xing4] |
| 粘扣带 | zhān kòu dài | velcro; Taiwan pr. [nian2kou4dai4] |
| 魔鬼粘 | mó guǐ zhān | (Tw) Velcro fastener; touch fastener |
| 粘连 | nián lián | to adhere; to stick together |
| 粘连 | zhān lián | adhesion; to adhere; to cohere; to stick |
| 粘接 | zhān jiē | to bond; to splice |
| 粘虫 | nián chóng | army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests) |
| 粘聚 | nián jù | to cohere; to group together as a unit; to agglomerate |
| 粘乎乎 | nián hū hū | sticky; slimy |
| 粘扣 | zhān kòu | velcro |
| 粘贴 | zhān tiē | to stick; to affix; to adhere; to paste (as in "copy and paste"); Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1];… |
| 粘稠度 | nián chóu dù | viscosity |
| 粘缠 | nián chán | to stick closely to; cloying |
| 粘稠 | nián chóu | viscous; thick and sticky |
| 粘糯 | nián nuò | sticky; glutinous (mouthfeel) |