Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.
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寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
贴
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
贴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
贴 / 貼 [tiē]
to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
Japanese
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (61)
补贴 [bǔtiē] #13,412
to subsidize
体贴 [tǐtiē] #5,785
considerate (of other people's needs)
贴心 [tiēxīn] #5,828
intimate
贴身 [tiēshēn] #12,034
worn next to the skin
贴近 [tiējìn] #19,839
to press close to
津贴 [jīntiē] #12,554
allowance
张贴 [zhāngtiē] #17,821
to post (a notice)
紧贴 [jǐntiē] #25,299
to stick close to
贴切 [tiēqiè] #20,076
close-fitting
粘贴 [zhāntiē] #33,473
to stick
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JAPANESE WORDS (37)
⭐ 張る [はる] #1,671
to stick
張り付く [はりつく] #5,956
to stick (to)
⭐ 貼り付ける [はりつける] #10,264
to paste
⭐ 張り出す [はりだす] #16,763
to project
⭐ 張り紙 [はりがみ] #23,978
paper patch attached to something
レッテルを貼る [レッテルをはる] #37,872
to label (someone as)
タイル張り [タイルばり] #51,576
tiled
張り替える [はりかえる] #52,830
to re-cover
目張り [めばり] #71,065
weather strip
貼り付け [はりつけ] #71,573
affixing
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