累
累 — Accumulate
accumulate, involvement, trouble, tie up, continually
On’yomiルイ (rui)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 累
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 累積 | るいせき ruiseki | accumulation; cumulative; accumulated |
| 累計 | るいけい ruikei | cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now |
| 累進 | るいしん ruishin | successive promotion; gradual progression; rising step by step |
| 累増 | るいぞう ruizou | successive or progressive increases; cumulative increase |
Study notes
累 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1662 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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