貼
stick, paste, apply
Readings
On'yomi
- テン
- チョウ
Kun'yomi
- は.る
- つ.く
Meaning
貼 centers on attaching one thing to another with an adhesive or by pressing: sticking, pasting, or applying something like a label or plaster.
Most common words using 貼
20 of 25- 貼付ちょうふ
pasting; sticking; attaching; affixing; appending
- 切り貼りきりばり
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
- 貼り付けはりつけ
affixing; pasting; sticking
- 貼ちょう
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
- 貼り付けるはりつけるN2
to paste; to stick; to affix
- 貼り合わせるはりあわせる
to paste together
- タイルを貼るタイルをはる
to tile (floor, wall, etc.)
- ビラ貼りビラはり
bill poster
- レッテルを貼るレッテルをはる
to label (someone as)
- 上貼りうわばり
finishing coat of paper
- 仮貼りかりばり
temporary pasting
- 前貼りまえばり
covering private parts (esp. actors during filming)
- 手貼りてばり
pasting (on) by hand; attaching (sticker, etc.) by hand
- 目貼剥ぐめばりはぐ
removing the weather stripping in spring
- 糊貼りのりばり
gluing; pasting
- 貼り出しはりだし
poster; placard; notice
- 貼り箱はりばこ
set-up box; rigid box of paper-coated cardboard
- 貼り絵はりえ
collage
- 貼り薬はりぐすり
adhesive skin patch; transdermal patch; medical patch
- 貼り込みはりこみ
paste-up; collage
Study
Etymology
貼 combines 貝 (shell, historically associated with money or valuables) with 占, which likely contributes the sound. The original sense may relate to attaching or affixing something of value, but the exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Imagine using a shell (貝) as a weight to press down and stick (占) a poster to a wall. The shell helps paste it firmly in place.
Reading mnemonic
For テン, picture sticking a ten-dollar bill onto a shell: ten -> テン, and you apply it with a dab of paste.