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粘

sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

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

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  • 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

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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.