累
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tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
Formation & memory
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How 累 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 纍; growing silk 糸 in the fields 畾; 畾 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
tired · Heisig RSH #2418
田 rice field + floss
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 累
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长年累月 | year in, year out (idiom); (over) many years | |
| 成年累月 | year in, year out (idiom) | |
| 经年累月 | for years; over the years | |
| 累加总数 | cumulative total | |
| 累加器 | accumulator (computing) | |
| 达累斯萨拉姆 | Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania) | |
| 家累千金，坐不垂堂 | lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expos… | |
| 成千累万 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousand… | |
| 常年累月 | variant of 長年累月|长年累月[chang2 nian2 lei3 yue4] | |
| 德累斯顿 | Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sa4 ke4 sen1 Zhou1], Germany | |
| 日积月累 | to accumulate over a long period of time | |
| 积累毒性 | cumulative poison | |
| 积年累月 | year in, year out (idiom); (over) many years | |
| 积金累玉 | to accumulate gold and jewels (idiom); prosperous | |
| 心累 | emotionally exhausted; drained | |
| 累心 | taxing (mentally or emotionally) | |
| 马累 | Malé, capital of Maldives | |
| 积累性 | cumulative | |
| 累积剂量 | cumulative dose | |
| 积德累功 | to accumulate merit and virtue |
Sound family
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