léi
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) rope; to bind together; to twist around
  2. 2 (classical) older form of 累 in the "bind/entangle" sense

Examples

Léi shì kǔn bǎng yì de léi de gǔ xiěfǎ.
This is an old form of 累 in the sense of binding or roping things together.

Tips

history
is not used independently today. It is an older written form behind in the rope-and-bind sense (also read sè for sewing/cord in some classical contexts). Structurally it is the silk radical under the phonetic , which also feeds and .
register
Classical only; seen in old texts and etymology notes. Modern Chinese uses or 绳子 instead.

Components

radical
silk; thread
is the silk radical in its full bottom-position form. It supplies the meaning: cord, rope, and binding all involve thread, so the silk element carries the sense while carries the sound.
phonetic
léi
stacked fields (phonetic)
is three fields stacked, here purely phonetic for léi. The same phonetic top sits over and .

Stroke Order

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