Kanji Detail for 粘 - "sticky, tenacious, persistent"

粘

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

粘 means "sticky, tenacious, persistent."
1. Sticky - Adhering to surfaces; viscous.
2. Viscous - Thick and adhesive.
3. Persistent - Sticking to something; persevering.
Words using 粘
- 粘りねばり stickiness; viscosity; tenacity
- 粘り強いねばりづよい tenacious; persevering; persistent
- 粘土ねんど clay
- 粘膜ねんまく mucous membrane; mucosa
- 粘るねばる to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere
- 粘着ねんちゃく cohesion; adhesion
Tattoo check: 粘
- Verified meaning: sticky, tenacious, persistent
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sticky; glutinous; greasy; persevere

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

viscous, mucous; glutinous

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 黏[nian2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous
Onyomi

nen(ネン)
Kunyomi

neba.ru(ねば-る)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

米 (kome・komehen)
Related Keywords

sticky persistent tenacious viscous adhesive gluey glutinous gummy tacky clingy cohesive thick persevering