黐 - Please Help Define 'Sticky' Ideogram.

[shida]

Dear Forum Members

The ideogram;

黐

Is often translated as ;sticky', and in Cantonese pronounced 'chi'. It looks like a rice plant above water in the left particle, but I am not sure about the righthand particle.

Thank you

[fengyixiao]

see here:http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE9ZdicBBZdic90.htm

”http://www.zdic.net/“ is a good online chinese dictionary.

[shida]

Thank you fengyixiao! It is a very good dictionary and I shall make note of it. I am fascinated by certain ideograms, and the concept they create.

Thank you

[shida]

Hi All!

I received the following information;

'That is an unusual character in Chinese. I mean that it's not in common use anymore.

It's romanized "chi" but sounds like "chir". It does mean stick or sticky.

In Japanese, this character is romanized as "mochi" like "moe chee". I looked this up in my Japanese dictionary, and I get a definition of "bird-lime". I don't know what bird-lime is...

OK, from the English dictionary, that's a sticky substance used to catch small birds.

Here's some other "sticky" words:

惉 zhān

sticky

怗 zhān

sticky

粘 nián

sticky

黏 nián

sticky

稬 nuò

glutinous, sticky

麭 pào

a sticky rice ball

湆 qì

(Cant.) sticky, not smooth, slow

粘粘 nián nián

sticky

起腻 qǐ nì

be coying, sticky, annoying (child, etc.) www.orientaloutpost.com '

So it seems to based on bird lime.

Thank you

[Hofmann]

黐 is commonly used in Cantonese.

[shida]

Thank you Hoffman.

Infact, it was because of the Cantonese (Guangdonghwa) phrase 'chi sau' that prompted me to enquire. I presume that 'chi' (i.e. 'sticky') is used in everyday Guangdonghwa, but that the above author is referring to the ideogram itself.

Thank you for your input.