累 (lèi/lěi/léi) — tired; verb — (lěi) to pile up; (léi) to rope together

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累＝田＋糸

ㄌㄟˋ · lèi/lěi/léi

adj — tired; verb — (lěi) to pile up; (léi) to rope together

字源 FORM — what the parts do

田聲the worn remainder of 畾 léi — gives the soundthree stacked fields, copied down to one

Tléi → lèi、lěi — only the tones bend

糸義a silk rope

A rope (糸) strung through things — to bind. 畾 léi gave the sound; copying wore its three fields down to one 田. What is roped together piles up — lěi, 累積; what hangs roped on a person drags — lèi, tired; the rope itself keeps léi in 累贅.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

繩（糸）上的東西一件一件加上去，背的人步子越來越沉。

One more thing strung onto the rope (糸), then another — and the carrier's steps grow heavy.

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意 · Meanings

lèi

(引申)累、好累— tired — weighed down常用

lěi

(引申)累積、日積月累— to pile up常用

léi

(本義)綑綁——累贅— roped together; the drag of 累贅

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension