léi HSK1

to wind around, bind

(纍) léi
bind verb
to tie or bind together with rope

This ancient technique allows several wooden sticks to be stacked together and secured.

entwine verb
to wind or twist around something

The emerald green vines are draped over the wire mesh on the wall, growing very lushly.

rope descriptive
a rope, cord, or string

The teacher mentioned in class that in ancient Chinese, the character 'lei' also meant 'rope'.

Frequency

Character
Written text
1,323rd most common 93.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,226th most common 68.5 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
70.8 per million appears in 24% of films
Written text
111.0 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+7E8D

Sources