隸

See also 隶, and 隷

Translingual

simpl.		隶
trad.		隸

Etymology

柰 + 隶

Han character

隸 (radical 171 隶+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木火中水 (DFLE), four-corner 4593₂)

1. be subservient to
2. servant

References

• KangXi: page 1363, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41932
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4323, character 10
• Unihan data for U+96B8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

隸 (simplified 隶, Yale dai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

隸

Readings

• On: れい (rei), い (i)
• Kun: しもべ (shimobe), したがう (shitagau)

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Korean

Hanja

隸 (hangeul 례>예, revised rye>ye, McCune-Reischauer rye>ye, Yale lyey>yey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

隸 (lệ)