Chinese symbol for “burden”
负累
fù lèi
Traditional: 負累
burden
The closest CC-CEDICT match for burden is 负累 (fù lèi), defined as: burden.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “burden”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负担 (負擔) | fù dān | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden |
| 荷 | hè | to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden |
| 负荷 (負荷) | fù hè | load; burden |
| 包袱 | bāo fu | wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth |
| 累赘 (累贅) | léi zhui | superfluous; cumbersome; burdensome; a burden; an encumbrance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 负累.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负责 (負責) | fù zé | to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious |
| 负责人 (負責人) | fù zé rén | person in charge |
| 负担 (負擔) | fù dān | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden |
| 负面 (負面) | fù miàn | negative; the negative side |
| 欺负 (欺負) | qī fu | to bully |
| 担负 (擔負) | dān fù | to shoulder; to bear |
| 积累 (積累) | jī lěi | to accumulate; accumulation |
| 累计 (累計) | lěi jì | to calculate the running total; cumulative |
See also: Japanese symbol for “burden”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.