屡

屢
lǚ
adverb HSK 7-9 #23,517

Meanings

  1. 1 repeatedly
  2. 2 time and again

Examples

HSK 4
Zhèzhǒng shìqing lǚjiàn-bùxiān.
This kind of thing is nothing new.
HSK 7-9
Tā lǚzhàn-lǚbài.
He was defeated time and again.

Tips

usage
屡 is literary/formal. In everyday speech, use 多次 or 屡次. Common set phrases: 屡次 (repeatedly), 屡见不鲜 (nothing new), 屡战屡败 (repeatedly defeated).

Components

radical
尸 shī
body; corpse; wrapped figure (radical)
Top-left corpse radical - originally a person seated with knees bent, used as the indexing radical for many overhang/dwelling characters (屋 house, 居 dwell, 层 floor). In 屡 it provides the upper wrap, semantically faded; the meaning lives entirely in 娄 below. Conventional indexing only.
phonetic
娄 lóu
to drag; hollow (here phonetic)
Inner 娄 supplies the sound - lóu shifting to lǚ. Originally pictured grain stacked on a frame, giving a 'piled up, repeated' nuance that pairs neatly with the modern meaning 'repeatedly, time after time' (屡次 repeatedly, 屡见不鲜 seen so often it's no surprise). Same phonetic feeds 楼 (storied building), 数 (number, repeated counting).

Stroke Order

屡 lǚ