to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold
(bound form) platform for a martial art contest / Taiwan pr. [lei2]

擂 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
surname Lei

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has to clear a mine (雷) field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) in the rain (雨). It is raining so hard, when Lancelot hears the thunder (雷) he doesn't know if it's the weather or a mine he triggered.
thunder / mine (weapon) / (Internet slang) terrifying / terrific

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has to clear a mine (雷) field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) in the rain (雨). It is raining so hard, when Lancelot hears the thunder (雷) he doesn't know if it's the weather or a mine he triggered.
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

Characters with 擂 as component

擂 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 擂

to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
(old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest
to talk big / to boast
"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
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
to make an exhibition of oneself / ostentation

Sentences with 擂

擂 currently does not appear in any sentence.