糯
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(bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 米 +14
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 糯
- Common rank
- #3,106
- Unicode
- U+7CEF
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 糯
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糯米粉 | glutinous rice flour | |
| 糯米纸 | rice paper; membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc | |
| 糯米 | glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) | |
| 糯米糕 | glutinous rice cake; CL:塊|块[kuai4] | |
| 软糯 | soft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging | |
| 糯麦 | glutinous barley | |
| 糯稻 | glutinous rice; sticky rice | |
| 糯米糍 | glutinous rice cake | |
| 粘糯 | sticky; glutinous (mouthfeel) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 需 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需 sound part | to need, to require; must | |
| 儒 | Confucian scholar | |
| 濡 | to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp | |
| 蠕 | wasp; to wriggle, to squirm | |
| 孺 | child; blood relation; affection | |
| 嚅 | to mumble, to stutter | |
| 懦 | weak, timid, cowardly | |
| 薷 | Elshotria paltrini | |
| 颥 | the temporal bone | |
| 襦 | coat, jacket; fine silk fabric |