糊
paste, glue, sizing
Readings
On'yomi
- コ
- ゴ
- コツ
Kun'yomi
- のり
Meaning
糊 centers on sticky substances used to bond or coat: paste, glue, and sizing (a stiffening agent for fabric or paper).
Most common words using 糊
20 of 38- 糊のりN2
paste; glue
- 血糊ちのり
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
- 糊付けのりづけ
starching (e.g. clothes)
- 糊塗こと
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
- でんぷん糊でんぷんのり
starch glue; starch paste
- わらび糊わらびのり
warabinori (glue produced from bracken starch)
- ゴム糊ゴムのり
mucilage
- スティック糊スティックのり
glue stick
- スプレー糊スプレーのり
spray glue; spray adhesive
- テープ糊テープのり
glue tape; double-sided adhesive tape dispensed from a roller
- 伏せ糊ふせのり
dye resistant starch (used to protect a design)
- 口を糊するくちをのりする
to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by
- 古糊ふるのり
aged paste; microbially fermented weak adhesive for restoration of Japanese works of art on paper
- 姫糊ひめのり
rice starch; rice paste
- 曖昧模糊あいまいもこ
obscure; vague; ambiguous
- 模糊もこ
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
- 洗濯糊せんたくのり
laundry starch
- 糊するのりする
to paste; to stick on with glue; to starch (e.g. a shirt)
- 糊のきいたのりのきいた
well-starched (clothing); stiffly starched
- 糊付きテープのりつきテープ
adhesive tape; sticky tape
Study
Etymology
糊 combines 米 (rice) with 胡, which likely contributes the sound. Rice paste has long been used as a glue or sizing agent in East Asia.
Meaning mnemonic
Rice 米 is cooked into a sticky paste, and the right side 胡 looks like a container holding the glue. Together they make 糊, a sticky paste or sizing.
Reading mnemonic
For コ, imagine a child saying 'co-co' while playing with sticky rice paste: co -> コ, and the paste sticks to everything.