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The character "粘" is constructed from the semantic component "米", meaning rice, and the phonetic component "占", which indicates its pronunciation. This combination initially reflected the use of grain-based substances like rice paste for adhesion, giving the character its early verbal sense of sticking or gluing. Over centuries, its meaning expanded beyond this specific context to denote adhesive actions more broadly, and it subsequently acquired an additional adjectival function to describe sticky qualities. The character's structure has remained unchanged, but its semantic range has widened to encompass both concrete and abstract notions of adhesion.
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把邮票粘在信封上。
妹妹喜欢玩彩色粘土。
这种糖很粘手。
胶水放久了就不粘了。
他用胶带粘住了海报。
伤口要用干净的纱布粘住。
实验室里有一种粘性物质。
手术后的粘连带需要小心处理。