糯 (nuò): glutinous (rice); sticky

Meanings

粽子是用糯米做的。

Zòngzi shì yòng nuò mǐ zuò de.

Zongzi are made with glutinous rice.

这碗糯米饭口感软糯。

Zhè wǎn nuòmǐfàn kǒugǎn ruǎn nuò.

This bowl of glutinous rice tastes soft and sticky.

usage

糯 describes the soft, sticky texture of glutinous grain. Common words: 糯米 (sticky rice), 糯米饭 (steamed glutinous rice), 软糯 (soft and chewy).

radical

米 mǐ

rice; grain

The rice radical 米 marks 糯 as a type of grain: the sticky, glutinous variety of rice.

phonetic

需 xū

to need; to require

需 supplies the sound element (drifted from xū to nuò) and carries no meaning here, working as the phonetic part.

糯 nuò