累(lèi)

HSK 111 strokes
Readingslèiléilěi

to accumulate

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Character information

Pinyin
lèi / léi / lěi
Meaning
to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 累 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱田糸

Simplified form of 纍; growing silk 糸 in the fields 畾; 畾 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

田tián糸mì

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 累 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 累

Common words using 累 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jī积lěi累
HSK 4

to accumulate

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láo劳lèi累
HSK 7-9

tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil

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tuō拖lěi累
HSK 7-9

to encumber

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lěi累jī积
HSK 7-9

to accumulate

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lěi累jì计
HSK 7-9

to calculate the running total

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shòu受lèi累

to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)

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mò墨lèi累

Murray (name)

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shì事wēi危lèi累luǎn卵

lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

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From 累’s common words

积劳拖计受墨事危

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