Memory phrase for the character: 粘

粘

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Meaning

sticky, glutinous, to adhere

Pronunciation

nián, zhān

Explanation

 Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination)

Mnemonic
 
(Making the sticky rice cake: Niangao 年糕) The rice 米 is pounded with a pestle 卜 in a mortar 口/臼 until it becomes sticky.

Radicals

米 riceThis radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾
占 divineIt is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.




 Vocabulary

粘连 zhān lián  adhesion; to adhere; to cohere; to stick
粘贴 zhān tiē  to stick; to affix; to adhere; to paste (as in cut, copy and paste)
粘贴 zhān tiē  

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