糊

のり · nori · JLPT N2 · noun

glue

🍚 糊 = paste made from rice, a sticky starch glue (糊 sounds like 'no-ree', like 'nori' seaweed sticks to rice)

糊 — rice 米 + 胡 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 米 (rice) gives the meaning, since 糊 originally referred to rice paste or congee used as glue. 胡 supplies the sound. The meaning later extended to 'paste,' 'to stick,' and figuratively 'muddled' or 'blurred,' as in 糊涂.

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