accumulate, involvement, trouble, tie up
Also: continually
On'yomi (音読み)
- ルイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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About this kanji
The kanji 「累」 (pronounced 'rui') primarily means to accumulate or to involve. It is typically used in noun compounds rather than as a standalone verb. Some common compounds include 累計 (るいけい), meaning 'cumulative total,' which is often used in finance; 累進 (るいしん), meaning 'successive promotion,' which refers to a gradual advancement; and 累積 (るいせき), meaning 'accumulation,' which can relate to savings or debts. A usage note is that while this kanji does not have a kun'yomi (Japanese reading), its on'yomi reading is essential for understanding various words related to accumulation and involvement in contexts like economics or personal matters.
Example sentences
彼の仕事は累積的な努力が必要だ。
His job requires cumulative efforts.
Meanings across languages
- English
- accumulate, involvement, trouble, tie up, continually
- Tiếng Việt
- tích lũy
- 日本語
- 累積
- 한국어
- 누적
- 中文
- 累
- id
- mengumpulkan
- th
- สะสม
- es
- acumular
- fr
- accumuler
- de
- anhäufen
- pt
- acumular
Common compounds
- 累計cumulative total, accumulated total, total up to now
- 累進successive promotion, gradual progression, rising step by step
- 累積accumulation, cumulative, accumulated
- 累増successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
- 係累dependents, family members that one has to support, encumbrances
- 俗累worldly troubles, worldliness
- 累加acceleration, progressive increase
- 累算total
Words using this kanji
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