黐

chī

noun

Meanings

从前人们在树枝上涂黐来粘鸟。

Cóngqián rénmen zài shùzhī shàng tú chī lái zhān niǎo.

In the old days people coated branches with birdlime to catch birds.

黐很黏，小鸟挣不脱。

Chī hěn nián, xiǎoniǎo zhèng bù tuō.

Birdlime is so sticky that small birds cannot break free.

usage

黐 is a rare, mostly written word for birdlime, a sticky paste once smeared on twigs to trap small birds.

semantic

黍 shǔ

broomcorn millet

The millet element 黍 supplies the idea of a sticky, glutinous substance, the defining quality of birdlime.

phonetic

离 lí

to leave; separate

Carries the sound, drifted from lí to the modern reading chī. It is the same character seen standing alone as 离.

No stroke data for 黐; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

黐 chī