黏

黏 · nián

stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
nián
Cantonese
nim4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue

Dictionary definitions & readings

黏 nián · sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74760.110:nián Source property ↗
XDHYPLCD · reading counts
nián(31) Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0830.010:nián Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
266.050:nián Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhān,niān粵nim1,zim1 zhān粵nim4 nián粵nim1 zhān粵zim1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ネン デン ねばる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
점:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
女廉 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HEYR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2116.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1518.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
227.12 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9ECF
Radical
黍 · 202
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6254

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
黏
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nrjem · 女廉 · 咸開三平鹽娘 · #1109

PHONO-ML, source line 8682; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1560.101
kCowles
250 2889
kDaeJaweon
2050.120
kFennIndex
363.05
kHanYu
74760.110
kIRGDaeJaweon
2050.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74760.110
kIRGKangXi
1518.050
kKangXi
1518.050
kLau
2377
kMatthews
4714
kMeyerWempe
278j 2081
kMorohashi
48007
kNelson
5401
kSBGY
227.12
kSMSZD2003Index
825.02
kCangjie
HEYR
kFenn
720E
kFourCornerCode
2116.0
kGradeLevel
3
kHKGlyph
4721
kMojiJoho
MJ029890
kPhonetic
177
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7024
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C248
kIRG_JSource
J0-7356
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-90C1
kIRG_KSource
K1-6C4B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7634
kIRG_VSource
V2-9168
kRSUnicode
202.5
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C248
kCCCII
216265
kCNS1986
1-7634
kCNS1992
1-7634
kEACC
216265
kGB0
8004
kGB1
8004
kJis0
8354
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7811
kTGH
2013:6254
kTaiwanTelegraph
7811
kXerox
316:246
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7433+202.12.5
kCantonese
nim4
kDefinition
stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue
kFanqie
女廉
kHangul
점:1N
kHanyuPinlu
nián(31)
kHanyuPinyin
74760.110:nián
kJapanese
ネン デン ねばる
kJapaneseKun
NEBARU
kJapaneseOn
NEN
kKorean
CEM
kMandarin
nián
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhān,niān粵nim1,zim1 zhān粵nim4 nián粵nim1 zhān粵zim1
kTGHZ2013
266.050:nián
kTang
niɛm
kXHC1983
0830.010:nián
kSemanticVariant
U+7C98<kLau
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+7C98<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
46dictionary records using 黏0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
黍 beside 占 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰黍占$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰黍占$(GHTJKPV)

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