糯
(bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous
20 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,106 U+7CEF
How 糯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “rice”) + 需 (phonetic, xū)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 需
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 需 (xū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需 sound component | xū | to need, to require; must |
| 儒 | rú | Confucian scholar |
| 濡 | rú | to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp |
| 蠕 | rú | wasp; to wriggle, to squirm |
| 孺 | rú | child; blood relation; affection |
| 嚅 | rú | to mumble, to stutter |
| 懦 | nuò | weak, timid, cowardly |
| 薷 | rú | Elshotria paltrini |
| 颥 | rú | the temporal bone |
| 襦 | rú | coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |
Words containing 糯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糯米粉 | nuò mǐ fěn | glutinous rice flour |
| 糯米纸 | nuò mǐ zhǐ | rice paper; membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc |
| 糯米 | nuò mǐ | glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) |
| 糯米糕 | nuò mǐ gāo | glutinous rice cake; CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
| 软糯 | ruǎn nuò | soft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging |
| 糯麦 | nuò mài | glutinous barley |
| 糯稻 | nuò dào | glutinous rice; sticky rice |
| 糯米糍 | nuò mǐ cí | glutinous rice cake |
| 粘糯 | nián nuò | sticky; glutinous (mouthfeel) |