黏

See also: 粘

黏 U+9ECF, 黏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ECF ← 黎 [U+9ECE] CJK Unified Ideographs 黐 → [U+9ED0]

Translingual

Han character

黏 (Kangxi radical 202, 黍+5, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹水卜口 (HEYR), four-corner 2116₀, composition ⿰黍占)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1518, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48007
• Dae Jaweon: page 2050, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4760, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9ECF

Chinese

trad.		黏
simp. #		黏
alternative forms		粘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (占) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nem) : semantic 黍 + phonetic 占 (OC *ʔljem, *tjems).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nián (nian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim⁴ / nim¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiam²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâm
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nián
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nián
    • Wade–Giles: nien²
    • Yale: nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nim⁴ / nim¹
    • Yale: nìhm / nīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁴ / nim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁴ / nim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm²¹/, /niːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiam²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm
    • Tâi-lô: liâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kinmen, Philippines): /liam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹gni
    • MiniDict: nyi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjem

Rime
Character	黏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女廉切
Baxter	nrjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/niæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiam/
Li Rong	/njɛm/
Wang Li	/nĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黏
Reading #	1/1
No.	16698
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	黏
Old Chinese	/*nem/

Definitions

黏

1. sticky; glutinous
2. to adhere; to stick

   黏塊膠布／黏块胶布 [Cantonese]  ―  nim⁴ faai³ gaau¹ bou³ [Jyutping]  ―  to put on a band-aid

Synonyms

• (Sichuanese) 膩／腻 (nyi4)
• (Cantonese) 黐 (ci1)

See also

• 粘 (zhān)

Compounds

• 口腔黏膜
• 失黏
• 惹草黏花
• 手黏
• 模黏
• 發黏 / 发黏
• 紙黏土 / 纸黏土 (zhǐniántǔ)
• 頰黏膜 / 颊黏膜
• 黏人 (niánrén)
• 黏住
• 黏合 (niánhé)
• 黏合劑 / 黏合剂 (niánhéjì)
• 黏土 (niántǔ)
• 黏巴達 / 黏巴达
• 黏度 (niándù)
• 黏性 (niánxìng)
• 黏油 (niányóu)
• 黏涎
• 黏涎子
• 黏涎答答
• 黏液 (niányè)
• 黏稠 (niánchóu)
• 黏答答
• 黏糊 (niánhu)
• 黏結 / 黏结
• 黏膠 / 黏胶
• 黏膜 (niánmó)
• 黏著
• 黏著劑 / 黏著剂 (niánzhuójì)
• 黏著力
• 黏貼 / 黏贴 (niántiē)
• 黏質 / 黏质
• 黏附 (niánfù)
• 鼻黏膜

References

• “黏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

黏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ねん (nen)
• Kun: ねばる (nebaru)

Korean

Hanja

黏 • (jeom) (hangeul 점)

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Vietnamese

Han character

黏: Hán Nôm readings: niêm

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