Keyword
bound form
- to rub
- to grind
- to use a mortar and pestle
- Frequency
- #3334
- Strokes
- 16
Readings
léi
Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 雷 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
擂台
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring
擂台赛
single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
自吹自擂
to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
擂
(bound form) platform for a martial art contest; Taiwan pr. léi
擂鼓
to beat a drum
打擂台
(old) to fight on the leitai; (fig.) to enter a contest
擂
to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door); (dialect) to scold
大吹大擂
to make an exhibition of oneself; ostentation
擂茶
"leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province