胶 jiāo glue
glue; gum; resin; rubber; sticky
怎么记住“胶”: 月 meat + 交 hand over = glue. The old violin maker boils bones and meat scraps for hours, and customers happily hand over cash for every sticky jar of his glue.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 肉 + 翏
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
胶 = 月 meat + 交 hand over
- 月 meat meaning
- 交 hand over shape only
- 亠 lid
- 父 father
The old violin maker boils bones and meat scraps for hours, and customers happily hand over cash for every sticky jar of his glue.
How it came to be
In the full form, the flesh gives the meaning and the right part the sound; the simplified form writes a different right part.
用法
- Glue/rubber/gel: 胶水 (jiāoshuǐ) liquid glue, 胶带 (jiāodài) adhesive tape.
- 橡胶 (xiàngjiāo) = rubber; 塑胶 = plastic.
- 胶囊 (jiāonáng) = a capsule (medicine); 口香糖 uses the gum sense.
- Sticky/gluey figurative: 胶着 (jiāozhuó) = deadlocked/at a stalemate (胶着状态).