Japanese symbol for “paste”
糊
のり
Romaji: nori
paste; glue
In Japanese, paste is 糊, read のり (nori).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n paste; glue
- n clothing starch
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “paste”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 張る | はる haru | to stick; to paste; to affix |
| 練り | ねり neri | paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste) |
| ペースト | ペースト peesuto | paste (food, adhesive, etc.) |
| 貼り付ける | はりつける haritsukeru | to paste; to stick; to affix |
| パスタ剤 | パスタざい pasutazai | paste |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血糊 | ちのり chinori | clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood |
| 糊付け | のりづけ norizuke | starching (e.g. clothes) |
| 糊塗 | こと koto | patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over |
| 模糊 | もこ moko | dim; vague; indistinct |
| 糊口 | ここう kokou | bare livelihood; subsistence |
| 糊代 | のりしろ norishiro | overlap width; margin for pasting together (e.g. two pieces of paper) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “paste”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.