tiē
to paste
Original meaning:
to compensate, subsidize
Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 貼
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to stick | ||
subsidy | ||
considerate (of other people's needs) | ||
intimate | ||
close-fitting |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[tʰ]ˤ[e]p | thep | tiē | paste (v.) [not in GSR] |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 23.9789% of movies
1452nd most common character in movies
1454th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8CBC |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“貼,以物為質也。从貝,占聲。” |
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