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Kanji Detail for 累 - "accumulate, involve"

累

  • Meaning

    累 means "accumulate, involve." Also associated with repeat.

    1. Accumulate - To gather; to pile up.

    2. Repeat - To do again; successively.

    3. Involve - To implicate; to entangle.

    4. Tie - To bind; to connect.

  • Words using 累

    • 累積 るいせき Listen accumulation; cumulative; accumulated
    • 累計 るいけい Listen cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
    • 累進 るいしん Listen successive promotion; gradual progression; rising step by step

  • Tattoo check: 累

    • Verified meaning: accumulate, involve
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かさね, るい)
    • Also carries these associations: repeat

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 累

    Given names 累(かさね)Listen 累(るい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    accumulate; involvement; trouble; tie up; continually

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tired; implicate, involve; bother

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To bind. Originally written as 纍. (Mencius) "Binding their sons and younger brothers." | To add. Originally written as 絫. Such as 層累 (layer upon layer), 積累 (accumulate). Also, repeatedly is also called 累次. | To implicate. Such as saying 受累不淺 (greatly implicated). Now all matters affecting oneself are called 累. Such as 俗累 (worldly burdens), 家累 (family burdens). Being in debt is called 虧累. Also this meaning.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rui(ルイ) ルイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    accumulate repeat involve burden connect frequently tie accumulation amass bind buildup collect cumulative entangle gather heap hoard implicate pile sequence store

Sentences including 累

  • Thereafter, he was gradually promoted until he became company president.

  • The amount of Sony rechargeable batteries supposed to be collected totalled 7,659,000 units.

  • Americans accumulated their trade deficits by living far beyond their means.

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