黏
nián · HSK 7
sticky
🍯 黍 (glutinous millet) + 占 = the grain that sticks to everything
The left part 黍 is the glutinous-millet radical, the stickiest of grains, which carries the 'adhere' sense. The 占 on the right lends the nián sound. So 黏 literally points to clingy, gluey grain.
黏 — 黍 millet (semantic) + 占 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 黍 means broomcorn millet, a grain whose cooked form is famously sticky, giving the meaning 'sticky' or 'glutinous.' The right side 占 supplies the sound, related to the reading nián.