粘

nián
#2,235 most
frequent character
variant of 黏[nian2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

粘 zhān joins 米, rice or grain, with 占 zhàn, which sounds close. The grain part fits the first sense, 'to adhere, stick to,' which grew to 'to glue, paste.' Read nián, it means 'sticky.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

粘zhān
to glue, to paste, to adhere

Homophones

黏nián
sticky

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