Chinese symbol for “paste”
糊
hú
to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt; paste; mush; thick gruel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paste is 糊 (hú), defined as: to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt; paste; mush; thick gruel.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “paste”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浆糊 (漿糊) | jiàng hu | paste; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] |
| 粘 | zhān | to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to |
| 贴 (貼) | tiē | to stick; to paste |
| 酱 (醬) | jiàng | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste |
| 泥 | ní | mud; clay |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 糊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模糊 | mó hu | vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up |
| 糊涂 (糊塗) | hú tu | muddled; silly |
| 含糊 | hán hu | ambiguous; vague |
| 一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗) | yī tā hú tu | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles |
| 迷糊 | mí hu | muddle-headed; dazed |
| 糊口 | hú kǒu | to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paste”.
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.