漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
貼: stick, paste
Also: apply
N1 (our estimate)12 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
貝 carries the meaning · 占 is drawn in
12 strokes
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Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 貼付ちょうふpasting; sticking; attaching
はるharu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 貼るはるto stick; to paste; to affix
- 貼り付けるはりつけるto paste; to stick; to affix
Also read テン, つく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
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)
Also read テン
12 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side貼 stick · 占
vs貴 precious · 中In ChineseSimplified 贴 · traditional, as in Japanese · tiē
Japan keeps the traditional form 貼; mainland China simplifies it to 贴.
- Simplified
- 贴 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 貼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tiē 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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