粘
sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere
Readings
On'yomi
- ネン
Kun'yomi
- ねば.る
Meaning
粘 centers on the quality of clinging or sticking: physically sticky or glutinous, greasy, and by extension persevering stubbornly like something that won't let go.
Most common words using 粘
20 of 76- 粘着ねんちゃくN1
cohesion; adhesion
- 粘土ねんどN1
clay
- 粘るねばるN1
to be sticky; to be adhesive
- 粘膜ねんまく
mucous membrane; mucosa
- 粘ねば
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; gummy material
- 粘りねばりN1
stickiness; viscosity
- 粘り強いねばりづよいN2
tenacious; persevering; persistent; stubborn; steadfast
- 粘液ねんえき
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
- 粘性ねんせい
viscous; sticky; gluey
- 粘り気ねばりけ
stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity
- 粘っこいねばっこい
sticky; gummy; gooey; gluey; glutinous
- 乳頭状粘膜にゅうとうじょうねんまく
papillary mucosa
- 動粘性係数どうねんせいけいすう
coefficient of kinematic viscosity; dynamic coefficient of viscosity; kinematic viscosity
- 塩粘土しおねんど
salt dough
- 増粘剤ぞうねんざい
thickener
- 増粘多糖類ぞうねんたとうるい
polysaccharide thickener
- 増粘安定剤ぞうねんあんていざい
thickening agent; thickening stabilizer
- 御粘おねば
starchy solution formed during rice cooking
- 急性胃粘膜病変きゅうせいいねんまくびょうへん
acute gastric mucosal lesions; AGML
- 抗粘結剤こうねんけつざい
anti-caking agent
Study
Etymology
粘 combines 米 (rice) with 占, which likely contributes the sound and suggests the idea of sticking or clinging, as cooked rice is sticky.
Meaning mnemonic
Rice 米 that sticks together 占: imagine a bowl of glutinous rice so sticky it clings to everything, and a person persevering like that stubborn stickiness.
Reading mnemonic
For ネン, picture a sticky rice cake that is so glutinous it stretches into a long, thin 'noodle' when pulled: noodle -> ネン, and the stickiness makes it stretch.