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糯

nuò

Character

What 糯 means

1. bound formglutinous rice
2. bound form(of cereal grain) glutinous

Other readings

糯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nuòvariant of {糯|nuò}
• nuòvariant of {糯|nuò}

Words starting with 糯

• 糯米nuò mǐglutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa)
• 糯稻nuò dàoglutinous rice; sticky rice
• 糯麦nuò màiglutinous barley
• 糯米粉nuò mǐ fěnglutinous rice flour
• 糯米糕nuò mǐ gāoglutinous rice cake
• 糯米纸nuò mǐ zhǐrice paper; membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
• 糯米糍nuò mǐ cíglutinous rice cake

Words containing 糯

• 粘糯nián nuòsticky; glutinous (mouthfeel)
• 软糯ruǎn nuòsoft and chewy (mouthfeel); (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging

Characters that look like 糯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 疆jiāngborder; boundary
• 耀yàobrilliant; glorious
• 髓suǐ(bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 髋kuānpelvis; pelvic

Sounds the same

Read nuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诺to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!
• 喏(indicating agreement) yes; all right; (drawing attention to) look!
• 懦(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted
• 锘nobelium (chemistry)
• 搦(literary) to hold (in the hand); to challenge; to provoke
• 㐡old variant of 懦

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nuò correctly.
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