隸

See also: 隶 and 隷

Translingual

Etymology

柰 + 隶

Han character

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

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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Chinese

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trad.		隸
simp.		隶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶, lai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶, lai⁶
    • Yale: daih, laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶, lai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/, /lɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (隸, reconstructed)
Character (隸), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 郎計切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leiH/	/lieiH/	/leiH/	/leiH/	/lɛjH/	/lieiH/	/lɛiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (隸, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
隸								lì								‹ lejH ›								/*[r]ˤə[p]-s/								subordinate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
隸					7960					隶					隊					1					麗					/*rɯːds/

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Japanese

Kanji

隸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 隷)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: lệ

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