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CHINESE CHARACTER

nián

黏

黏

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sticky

Numbered pinyin
nian2
English meanings
sticky, glutinous, to adhere, to stick

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 黍; right 占.

  • Left

    黍
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    • Top

      禾
    • Bottom

      ⿱
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  • Right

    占
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Meaning & sound clues

黍 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “millet”.

占 is identified as the sound component (zhàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 黏.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰黍占

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

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Example sentences

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  1. 01

    nián黏hū糊hū糊de的。

    Sticky.

  2. 02

    nián黏zài在yīqǐ一起。

    Stuck together.

  3. 03

    jiāoshuǐ胶水hěn很nián黏。

    The glue is sticky.

  4. 04

    qīng轻qīng轻fēnkāi分开。

    Separate gently.

  5. 05

    tuǒshàn妥善chǔlǐ处理。

    Handle properly.

  6. 06

    gānjìng干净qīng清shuǎng爽。

    Clean and dry.

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