累

Character

累 lèi · lěi · léi

HSK 1Character3 readings

tired

Radical: 糸
Strokes: 11
Structure: Top–bottom
Parts: 田糸
Traditional: 累
Frequency: #1066 most common character

Practice writing

Readings and meanings

lèiMain reading lěiRare reading léiRare reading

lèi

lei4Main readingHSK 1

tired CC-CEDICT
weary CC-CEDICT
to strain CC-CEDICT
to wear out CC-CEDICT
to work hard CC-CEDICT

Words that use “累” as lèi

劳累láo lèivery tired because you worked hard or too longWordHSK 7–9 受累shòu lěito get dragged intoWord+1 reading 墨累mò lèiMurrayWord 多累duō lèiI have troubled youWord 心累xīn lèiemotionally exhaustedWord 疲累pí lèitiredWord 累坏lèi huàito become exhaustedWord 累垮lèi kuǎto collapseWord

lěi

lei3Reading 2Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is lèi.

to accumulate CC-CEDICT
to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. (lèi)) CC-CEDICT
continuous CC-CEDICT
repeated CC-CEDICT

Words that use “累” as lěi

积累jī lěito build up more and more of something slowly, over timeWordHSK 4 拖累tuō lěito be a burden on someoneWordHSK 7–9 累积lěi jīto build up little by little over timeWordHSK 7–9 累计lěi jìto add up over timeWordHSK 7–9 受累shòu lěito get dragged intoWord+1 reading 带累dài lěito get sb involved in one's troubleWord 牵累qiān lěito weigh downWord 累及lěi jíto involveWord

léi

lei2Reading 3Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is lèi.

hanging full and heavy in big bunches, like fruit (as in 累累)
too heavy or too much; annoying to carry or do (as in 累赘)

Examples

树上水果累累。
shù shàng shuǐ guǒ léi léi
The tree is full of big, heavy bunches of fruit.
AI-generated sentence
这个包太累赘了。
zhè ge bāo tài léi zhui le
This bag is too much trouble to carry.
AI-generated sentence

Words that use “累” as léi

累坠léi zhuisuperfluousVariant of 累赘WordUnreviewed

累累léi léiliteraryWord+1 reading 累赘léi zhuisuperfluousWord 德累斯顿dé léi sī dùnDresden, capital of Saxony 萨克森州Word 果实累累guǒ shí léi léilit. prodigious abundance of fruitWord

Stroke order

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Same radical 糸

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縣xiàn 系xì 繫xì 索suǒ 素sù 纍lèi 紧jǐn 緊jǐn 紮zā 繁fán 紫zǐ 纂zuǎn

累

Character

累 lèi · lěi · léi

HSK 1Character3 readings

tired

Radical: 糸
Strokes: 11
Structure: Top–bottom
Parts: 田糸
Traditional: 累
Frequency: #1066 most common character

Practice writing

Readings and meanings

lèiMain reading lěiRare reading léiRare reading

lèi

lei4Main readingHSK 1

tired CC-CEDICT
weary CC-CEDICT
to strain CC-CEDICT
to wear out CC-CEDICT
to work hard CC-CEDICT

Words that use “累” as lèi

lěi

lei3Reading 2Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is lèi.

to accumulate CC-CEDICT
to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. (lèi)) CC-CEDICT
continuous CC-CEDICT
repeated CC-CEDICT

Words that use “累” as lěi

léi

lei2Reading 3Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is lèi.

hanging full and heavy in big bunches, like fruit (as in 累累)
too heavy or too much; annoying to carry or do (as in 累赘)

Examples

树上水果累累。
shù shàng shuǐ guǒ léi léi
The tree is full of big, heavy bunches of fruit.
AI-generated sentence
这个包太累赘了。
zhè ge bāo tài léi zhui le
This bag is too much trouble to carry.
AI-generated sentence

Words that use “累” as léi

累坠léi zhuisuperfluousVariant of 累赘WordUnreviewed

Stroke order

Practice writing 累

Draw “累” here — the faint guide shows its shape.

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Same radical 糸

All characters with 糸 →

縣xiàn 系xì 繫xì 索suǒ 素sù 纍lèi 紧jǐn 緊jǐn 紮zā 繁fán 紫zǐ 纂zuǎn