• 2165th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 90 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiāo (jiao1)to glue • glue • gum • rubber

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiāo (jiao1)The component is pronounced as 'jiāo' (jiao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

果胶 (果膠)
橡胶 (橡膠)
胶卷 (膠卷)
胶原 (膠原)
胶囊 (膠囊)
胶带 (膠帶)
胶水 (膠水)
胶片 (膠片)
阿胶 (阿膠)

Uncommon

乳胶 (乳膠)
凝胶 (凝膠)
塑胶 (塑膠)
如胶似漆 (如膠似漆)
胶南 (膠南)
胶合板 (膠合板)
胶州 (膠州)
胶州湾 (膠州灣)
胶布 (膠布)
胶粘 (膠粘)
胶着 (膠著)
胶质 (膠質)
开胶 (開膠)
发胶 (髮膠)

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  • 2235th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (nian2)glutinous • sticky • to stick • to adhere • variant of 黏[nian2]
2. zhān (zhan1)to glue • to stick • to paste

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhān (zhan1)The component is pronounced as 'zhàn' (zhan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhān (zhan1)The component is pronounced as 'zhān' (zhan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

粘稠 
粘着 (粘著)
粘贴 (粘貼)

Uncommon

粘合 
粘土 
粘性 
粘液 
粘粘 
粘膜 
粘连 (粘連)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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