膠
膠: glue
glue; stick
15 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 3 words here
Readings
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コウ・キョウ
Kunにかわ・にべ
Common words: 膠着 (stalemate, adhesion) and 膠原病 (collagen disease); にかわ is animal glue.
Key words
膠着こうちゃくstalemate; adhesion
膠にかわanimal glue
膠原病こうげんびょうcollagen disease
膠着語こうちゃくごagglutinative language
Example sentences
昔の絵師は、顔料を膠で溶いて絵を描いた。
Painters of old dissolved their pigments in animal glue to paint.
交渉は膠着状態に陥り、両国とも一歩も譲らなかった。
The negotiations fell into a deadlock, and neither country gave an inch.
膠原病は、免疫の異常によって全身に炎症が起こる病気の総称だ。
Collagen disease is a general term for illnesses in which an immune abnormality causes inflammation throughout the body.