Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

累: accumulate, involvement

Also: trouble, tie up, continually

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 田 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ルイrui · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 累積るいせきaccumulation
  • 累計るいけいcumulative total; accumulated total
  • 累進るいしんsuccessive promotion; gradual progression
  • 累増るいぞうsuccessive or progressive increases

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read ルイ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
累 accumulate
vs細 dainty
Same parts, arranged differently.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lèi

Same form: 累 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
累 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
累 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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