Chinese symbol for “repeated”
累
lěi
to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repeated is 累 (lěi), defined as: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “repeated”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叠 (疊) | dié | to pile up; (bound form) repeated |
| 累累 | lěi lěi | again and again; innumerable |
| 磊落 | lěi luò | big and stout; big-hearted |
| 殗 | yè | sickness; repeated |
| 频数 (頻數) | pín shuò | (literary) frequent; repeated |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 累.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 积累 (積累) | jī lěi | to accumulate; accumulation |
| 累计 (累計) | lěi jì | to calculate the running total; cumulative |
| 累积 (累積) | lěi jī | to accumulate |
| 拖累 | tuō lěi | to encumber; to be a burden on |
| 连累 (連累) | lián lei | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] |
| 劳累 (勞累) | láo lèi | tired; exhausted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “repeated”.
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.