Chinese symbol for “tired”
累
lèi
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tired is 累 (lèi), defined as: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tired”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳累 (勞累) | láo lèi | tired; exhausted |
| 疲弱 | pí ruò | tired; weak |
| 疲累 | pí lèi | tired; exhausted |
| 疲乏 | pí fá | tired; weary |
| 倦 | juàn | tired; weary; fatigued |
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 “tired”.
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.