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
累积
lěijī
to accumulate; to build up
Characters in this word
积 jī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果基层数据长期失真，政策误判就会不断累积，最终演变成系统性风险。 Rúguǒ jīcéng shùjù chángqī shīzhēn, zhèngcè wùpàn jiù huì búduàn lěijī, zuìzhōng yǎnbiàn chéng xìtǒngxìng fēngxiǎn. If grassroots data remain inaccurate for a long time, policy misjudgements will keep accumulating and eventually turn into systemic risks.
- 多年累积的经验让他处理问题特别冷静。 Duō nián lěijī de jīngyàn ràng tā chǔlǐ wèntí tèbié lěngjìng. The experience built up over many years lets him deal with problems very calmly.
- 窗台上的灰尘一个月没擦，已经累积了厚厚一层。 Chuāngtái shang de huīchén yí ge yuè méi cā, yǐjīng lěijī le hòuhòu yì céng. The dust on the windowsill hasn't been wiped for a month and has built up in a thick layer.
Related words
- 累 lèi tired
- 积累 jīlěi to accumulate
- 劳累 láolèi tired from work; worn out
- 累赘 léizhui burdensome; encumbrance
- 累计 lěijì to accumulate; cumulative total
- 拖累 tuōlěi to drag down; to burden
- 积极 jījí active; positive
- 面积 miànjī area
- 体积 tǐjī volume
- 堆积 duījī to pile up; to accumulate
- 积 jī to accumulate; to store up
- 积淀 jīdiàn to accumulate and settle; accumulation; cultural sediment