积 jī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 只 only, merely, just
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
积累
jīlěi
to accumulate
Characters in this word
累 lèi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我积累经验。 Wǒ jīlěi jīngyàn. I build up experience.
- 慢慢积累钱。 Mànmàn jīlěi qián. Save money slowly.
- 知识要积累。 Zhīshi yào jīlěi. Knowledge needs to be built up.
Related words
- 积极 jījí active; positive
- 面积 miànjī area
- 体积 tǐjī volume
- 累 lèi tired
- 培养 péiyǎng to develop; to train
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 养成 yǎngchéng to form
- 摆脱 bǎituō to get rid of; to break free from
- 分散 fēnsàn to scatter; to distract
- 阻止 zǔzhǐ to stop; to prevent
- 统一 tǒngyī to unite; to make consistent
- 维持 wéichí to maintain; to keep