隶

See also 隸, and 康

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl.		隶
trad.		隸

Etymology

As independent character, Simplified from 隸 (柰 → [[ ]]) (elimination of 柰).

While graphically similar to 肀 + 水, compare composition to right side of 様: a single long vertical, and two strokes (冫) at bottom left.

Han character

隶 (radical 171 隶+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中水 (LE))

1. subservient
2. servant
3. radical 171

See also

• 康 聿

References

• KangXi: page 1363, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41923
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4323, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96B6

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Cantonese

Hanzi

隶 (traditional 隸, Yale dai6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

隶 (POJ thì, Guangdong t'i⁵; li⁵ [Kwangtung], Hagfa Pinyim ti4, li4)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

隶

Readings

• On: たい (tai), だい (dai), い (i)
• Kun: およぶ (oyobu)

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Korean

Hanja

隶 (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i, Yale i)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

隶 (traditional 隸, pinyin lì (li4), Wade-Giles li⁴)