屡
Tap the pinyin to hear it
time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尸 +9
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 屡
- Common rank
- #2,905
- Unicode
- U+5C61
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 屡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屡教不改 | lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition; incorrigible; unrepentant | |
| 屡出狂言 | repeated gaffes | |
| 屡见不鲜 | a common occurrence (idiom) | |
| 屡禁不绝 | to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom) | |
| 屡禁不止 | to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom) | |
| 屡试不爽 | well-tried; time-tested | |
| 屡劝不听 | (idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible | |
| 屡加 | ply | |
| 屡次 | repeatedly; time and again | |
| 屡战屡败 | to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom) | |
| 屡败屡战 | to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom) | |
| 屡遭 | to suffer repeatedly | |
| 屡屡 | again and again; repeatedly |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 娄 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娄 sound part | a constellation; to wear; surname | |
| 数 | count, number, several | |
| 楼 | multi-story building; floor | |
| 缕 | strand, thread; detailed, precise | |
| 喽 | used in onomatopoetic expressions | |
| 搂 | to embrace, to hug; to drag, to pull | |
| 蝼 | mole cricket; Gryllotalpa africana | |
| 篓 | bamboo basket | |
| 偻 | humpback; surname | |
| 镂 | to inlay; to engrave, to carve; tattoo | |
| 髅 | skull, skeleton | |
| 瘘 | fistula; goiter, sore, ulcer | |
| 褛 | lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare | |
| 屦 | straw sandals; to tread on | |
| 嵝 | the Goulou mountain in Hunan | |
| 窭 | poor; rustic | |
| 耧 | a drill for sowing grain | |
| 蒌 | Artemisia stelleriana |