léilèi

rub

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

雷 sound component

  Sound component

léi

  

thunder

Definitions

 

léi

rub, grind; grind with a mortar and pestle; triturate; beat; to grind

 

lèi

to beat (a drum)

Most common words with 擂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

擂台

arena

beat

自吹自擂

to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)

擂台赛

single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)

打擂台

(old) to fight on the leitai