How to write 累

累 (léi) [Name] 【Original Meaning】: Rope 【Character Formation】: Phonetic and semantic. The top part (糸 mì) indicates a relationship with threads; the bottom part (雷) indicates pronunciation. 1. Same as original meaning. Also written as "缧" ([En.] rope). - Example: 累绁 (The rope used to bind criminals; extended to mean imprisonment or prison); 系累 (To tie with a rope); 累囚 (Persons being detained). 2. Refers to a bull in mating season ([En.] bull in mating season). - Example: 累牛 (Breeding bull or any male cow). 累 (lèi) [Verb] 1. To pile up; to overlap ([En.] pile one on top of another; overlap). - Example: Again, as in 累棋 (Stacking chess pieces); 累叠 (Piling up); 累纸 (Adding many sheets of paper). 2. To tie up; to bind ([En.] tie). - Example: 累坠 (To be weighed down, to be a burden); 累囚 (Prisoners being tied up). 3. See also lěi; lèi. 1. Continuous, overlapping, piled up. 2. Incremental according to the original number. 3. To be connected; to be related. 1. Continuous, overlapping, piling up: ～计. ～日. ～积. ～～. 日积月～. 连篇～牍. 2. Incremental according to original amount: ～进税. 3. To be connected: ～及. 牵～. 拖～. 累 (lěi) [Verb] 【Original Meaning】: To pile up, accumulate 【Character Formation】: Ideogram. The character originally appeared as resembling piles of earth; from 糸 (mì), indicating that fine threads or fabrics accumulate to form, hence it also means to accumulate. 1. Same as original meaning ([En.] pile up; accumulate). - Example: 一丝而累 (A single thread accumulates). 2. To implicate or involve, causing harm ([En.] get sb. into trouble; implicate injure). - Example: 累害 (To cause harm); 累身 (To involve oneself). 3. To involve or obstruct ([En.] involve; implicate; hinder). - Example: 累及 (To be implicated); 带累; 受牵累. 4. To stain or tarnish ([En.] stain; sully). - Example: 赵王反形未露, 逆谋未彰, 今遽用兵伐之, 恐伤先帝之爱，有累陛下之仁. 累 (lěi) [Adjective] 1. Continuous; repeated ([En.] consecutive; repeated). - Example: 累次 (Repeatedly); successive actions. 2. See also double-character word "累次." 累 (lěi) [Unit of Measure] Weight unit. 累 (lěi) [Name] 1. Surname. 2. See also: léi; lèi. 1. Fatigue, overwork. 2. To make tired. 1. Fatigue, overwork: 劳～. ～乏. 2. To bring about fatigue: 病刚好，别再～着. 累 (lèi) [Verb] 1. Tired; overworked ([En.] tired; overworked). 2. Describing verbose writing or language ([En.] verbose). 3. To trouble; to entrust ([En.] trouble; entrust; commit sth. to sb.'s care). 累 (lèi) [Name] 1. Family burden ([En.] burden). 2. Suffering, misfortune ([En.] suffering; misery; disaster). 3. Crime; fault ([En.] crime; fault; slip). 4. Refers to family ([En.] wife and children; one’s family). 5. See also: léi; lěi. 累 (lèi) [Verb] 1. Tired; overworked ([En.] tired; overworked). - Example: 乏累 (Fatigued); 受累; 受劳累; 累心 (Worry); 累形 (To tire out physically); 累掯 (Trouble; fatigue); 累死 (To the point of extreme tiredness); Not afraid of hardship or tiredness. 2. Describing verbose writing or language ([En.] verbose). - Example: 累坠 (Verbose writings or language); 累缀 (Wordy writing). 3. To worry; to burden ([En.] trouble; entrust). - Example: 累掯 (To bother and tire); 累烦 (To trouble). 累 (lèi) [Name] 1. Family burden ([En.] burden). - Example: 累重 (The burden of the family is too heavy). 2. Misfortune, suffering ([En.] suffering; misery; disaster). - Example: 国累 (National troubles). 3. Crime; fault ([En.] crime; fault; oversight). - Example: 同是一累，而未判其得失 ([En.] Is the same burden, yet the gains and losses are unjudged). 4. Refers to family ([En.] wife and children; one’s family). - Example: 家累 (Family).