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The character "累" has a history of layered meanings built into its form, which in its traditional composition combines elements representing silk threads and, arguably, a field, suggesting an original concept of fine, continuous strands or something gathered in successive units. Its earliest applications centered on notions of piling up, accumulating, or binding together, a logical extension from the imagery of coiled thread. Over time, this concrete sense of accumulation broadened into more abstract domains, giving rise to the associated meanings of involving or implicating someone in a matter, as if entangled. A significant semantic shift occurred as the idea of a burdensome accumulation naturally led to the now-common meaning of weariness or fatigue, where physical or mental strain is conceived as a heavy load that has been gathered. Thus, the character carries within its structure and development a coherent narrative from a tangible object to states of quantity and condition.
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我今天真的很累。
工作一天很累。
他积累了很多经验。
妈妈劳累了一天。
虽然累但是我很开心。
连续加班让我非常累。
知识需要慢慢累积。
长期的劳累会导致健康问题。