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Kotomora

糊

paste, glue, sizing

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes15

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

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  • 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

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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.