# 粘 — Sticky

Frequency rank 1623 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 耕 (Plow), less common than 岐 (Branch Off).

- On’yomi: ねん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 米 Rice (Kangxi 119)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

Rice on the left meets fortune on the right — rice cooked with fortune's blessing becomes thick and sticky, binding good luck together.

In words:

- 粘る ねばる — to be sticky;to be adhesive;to persevere;to persist;to stick to
- 粘り ねばり — stickyness;viscosity

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