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Chinese

貼

/tʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

to paste to; to stick on

HSK 4
TOCFL 5
radical 貝
12 strokes

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Origin

From English tip. See also 貼士 /贴士 (tip³⁻¹ si⁶⁻², “tips”).

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Lineage

borrowedEnglishtip “The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.”

Meanings

character

to paste to; to stick on
to be attached to
Classifier for plasters.
close (at little distance)
to make up for a deficit; to compensate; to recompense; to supplement; to subsidize
submissive; obedient

Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字

貼：以物爲質也。从貝占聲。

Xu Shen, c. 100 CE — the first analytical dictionary of Chinese characters.

國語辭典 definitions

黏附。例：剪貼、張貼、貼郵票
挨近、接近。例：貼近、貼身、緊貼
補助。例：貼補、貼現
虧損、賠損。例：倒貼、貼老本
適切、妥當。通「帖」。例：妥貼、貼切

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How 貼 was written 字形演變

Small seal
說文小篆
Shuowen, c. 100 CE
Regular
楷書
since c. 200 CE

Historical forms collected by the legacy etymfun dataset; most characters have several attested variants.

Sources

Historical glyph forms (zdic.net 字形演变) — Rights unverified
HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
說文解字 Shuowen Jiezi (Xu Shen, c. 100 CE) — Public domain
Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary: 貼