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léi
HSK 1freq #1197

Meanings

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léi
  1. 1.rope
  2. 2.to bind together
  3. 3.to twist around
lěi
  1. 1.to accumulate
  2. 2.to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi])
  3. 3.continuous
  4. 4.repeated
lèi
  1. 1.tired
  2. 2.weary
  3. 3.to strain
  4. 4.to wear out
  5. 5.to work hard

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to pile up; to heap up; to mount up; to accumulate
  2. 2.repeated; numerous; unremitting; continuous; persistent
  3. 3.to repeat; to replicate; to overlap
  4. 4.to add (to); to increase; to grow
  5. 5.to amount (to); to sum up (to)
  6. 6.a surname
  7. 7.to involve; to implicate; to embroil; to entangle; to hinder
  8. 8.burden; tribulation; affliction; problem
  9. 9.to damage; to hurt; to do harm to; to stain; to sully
  10. 10.to entrust; to delegate; to devolve
  11. 11.to strain; to wear out; to cause to be tired
  12. 12.to cause trouble to; to trouble (someone)
  13. 13.suffering; misery; harm; disaster
  14. 14.fault; crime; slip; defect
  15. 15.to work hard; to toil; to overwork
  16. 16.tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted
  17. 17.wife and children; one's family
  18. 18.please; asking for help
  19. 19.used in 累贅/累赘 (léizhui, “cumbersome”)
  20. 20.only used in 謼遫累/呼遫累

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Etymology

Simplified from 纍 (畾 → 田). Folk etymology considers this character as an ideographic compound representing the tiredness after work. In ancient China, men were working in the field (田) while women sewed (糸). Various semantic fields can be distinguished: ; “to add; to accumulate” ; “to damage; exhausted; tired” ; “to bind; to wind around”

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