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儡

lěi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 傀儡) puppet; marionette

Examples

HSK 7-9
舞台上的傀儡动得像活的一样。
Wǔtái shàng de kuǐlěi dòng de xiàng huó de yíyàng.
On stage the puppets moved as if alive.
HSK 7-9
他拒绝当任何人的傀儡。
Tā jùjué dāng rènhé rén de kuǐlěi.
He refused to be anyone's puppet.

Tips

usage
儡 survives only in 傀儡 (puppet). On its own it once meant battered or worn out, but that sense is obsolete.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
The side-form of the person radical 人, fitting 傀儡 as a human-shaped figure manipulated by strings or, figuratively, by hidden hands.
phonetic
畾 léi
piled fields; rumbling
Three 田 stacked together supply the reading lěi; this element is the pure phonetic and adds no meaning to the puppet sense.

Stroke Order

儡 lěi