漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
粘: sticky, glutinous
Also: greasy, persevere
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
米 carries the meaning · 占 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ネンnen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 粘土ねんどclay
- 粘膜ねんまくmucous membrane; mucosa
- 粘着ねんちゃくcohesion; adhesion
ねばるnebaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 粘りねばりstickiness; viscosity
- 粘るねばるto be sticky; to be adhesive
- 粘り強いねばりづよいtenacious; persevering; persistent
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fuel for the soul! This radical represents the essential nourishment of the rice harvest and the intricate detail of individual grains.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
占
Also built on fortune-telling (占)
The 占 family reads テン (ten); 粘 is read ネン.
Also read ネン
8 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side粘 sticky · 占
vs歯 tooth · 止 + 凵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhān
Same form: 粘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 粘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 粘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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