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粘
zhān
1. to glue
2. to stick
3. to paste
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

粘
zhān
viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (9)

粘合
zhānhé
to bind
粘木
zhānmù
amonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis)
粘涎
zhānxián
saliva
粘贴
zhāntiē
to stick
HSK 5
粘连
zhānlián
adhesion
不粘锅
bùzhānguō
non-stick pan
粘着力
zhānzhuólì
adhesive force
粘着性
zhānzhuóxìng
agglutinative (in linguistics, a characteristic of Altaic languages)
魔鬼粘
móguǐzhān
Velcro fastener

Alternate Entries

粘
nián
glutinous / sticky / to stick / to adhere / variant of [[黏<nián>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,239
Word Frequency Rank
5,812 of 84,292

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