Taxonomy of meanings for 累:　　

  • 累 lèi (OC: rols MC: lʷiɛ) 良偽切 去 廣韻：【縁坐也良僞切一 】
    • ENTANGLE
      • nabfactualtrouble, entanglement; encumbrance; complications; disastrous entanglements
      • vtoNentangle, perturb; encumber; burden
      • vtoNmiddle voicebe entangled by guilt, be compromised; be implicated in (and thus guilty), get involved and entangled with
      • vtoNreflexive.己entangle (oneself)
      • vtoNreflexive.自entangle (oneself)
      • nab[.post-N]reflexiveentanglements [for oneself]CH
      • nab.post-V/Nproblematic or guilty involvement with having V-ed or with V-ingCH
      • vt(oN)entangle, compromise, create problems for the contextually determinate objectCH
      • vtoNmiddle voicebe encumbered by problemsLZ
      • nominalised>BURDEN
          • polite: what one is burdened with, including family>PROPERTY
            • of regular duty>WORK
                • abstract>EFFORT
                    • resultative>TIRED
                      • vi???? [LAO]
                      • vichangebecome tired
                      • vilate colloquial, post-Han: tired
                • self-deprecating: "burden someone with">GIVE
                  • vtt[+N1.]oN2polite circumlocution: encumber you with, turn over to you, i. e. give
                • generalised>DAMAGE
            • 累 lěi (OC: rolʔ MC: lʷiɛ) 力委切 上 廣韻：【説文曰増也十黍之重也力委切六 】
              • ACCUMULATE
                • vadN(piled-up>) many; a pile of
                • vtoNpile up; assemble; accumulate; increase manyfold
                • vtoNallowallow N to accumulate thingsDS
                • continuing>ADD
                    • actions>REPEAT
                        • actions, specific: in temporal juxtaposition>CONTINUE
                          • grammaticalised>OFTEN
                            • grammaticalised>MANY
                              • vadNaccumulated> several; large amount of
                      • CALCULATE
                        • EGO
                        • 累 ｌｅｉ２《集韻》倫追切，平脂來。微部。
                        • 累 ｌｉｅ４《集韻》力涉切，入葉來。
                          • PLACES
                        • 累 ｌｕ４《集韻》龍遇切，去遇來。

                          Additional information about 累

                          說文解字:

                            Criteria
                          • ACCUMULATE

                            [ABSTRACT/CONCRETE]

                            [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                            [LARGE-SCALE/SMALL-SCALE]

                            [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

                            1. The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"), and the word focusses on the process of accumulation rather than on the result only.

                            [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]

                            2. Xù 畜 / 蓄 refers specifically to accumulation and continuous storage of things for the purpose of sustenance of life or the rearing of domestic animals.

                            [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE] [TRANSITORY]

                            3. Chǔ 儲 refers to the accumulation and continuous storage of new articles of general use for the maintainance of life.

                            [CONCRETE!], [TRANSITORY]

                            4. Lěi 累 typically refers quite literally to the piling up of things into a heap or a heap-like structure, but the word does occasionally have generalised usages referring to accumulation of any kind, abstract or concrete.

                            [CONCRETE!], [LASTING]

                            5. Wěi 委 (ant.* qì 棄 "throw away") refers to small-scale accumulation of concrete objects.

                            [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE]

                            Word relations
                          • Assoc: (ENTANGLE)危/DANGER The current standard general word for real objective as well as perceived imminent danger is wēi 危 (ant. ān 安 "peace").
                          • Assoc: (ENTANGLE)害/DAMAGE By far the commonest general word for damage is hài 害 (ant. lì 利"benefit").
                          • Assoc: (ACCUMULATE)積/ACCUMULATE The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"). [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]
                          • Synon: (ACCUMULATE)積/ACCUMULATE The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"). [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]