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Chinese symbol for “adherence”

黏附力
nián fù lì
adhesive force; adherence; coherence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adherence is 黏附力 (nián fù lì), defined as: adhesive force; adherence; coherence.

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Characters and stroke order

黏 nián
to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue
radical 202 ⿉ · 17 strokes
附 fù
nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
radical 170 ⾩ · 8 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黏附力.

WordPinyinMeaning
黏膜nián mómucous membrane
黏液nián yèmucus
黏性nián xìngadhesiveness; stickiness; viscosity
黏土nián tǔclay
黏度nián dùviscosity
黏着 (黏著)nián zhuóto adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate
附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
附属 (附屬)fù shǔsubsidiary; auxiliary
能力néng lìcapability; ability

See also: Japanese symbol for “adherence”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.