隸

See also: 隷 and 隶

隸	U+96B8, 隸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B8

← 隷
[U+96B7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

隹 →
[U+96B9]

隸	U+F9B8, 隸 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B8

← 醴
[U+F9B7]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

惡 →
[U+F9B9]

Translingual

Traditional	隸
Shinjitai	隷
Simplified	隶

Han character

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

Alternative forms

The Kangxi dictionary lists another character 隷 as being equivalent to this character.

Derived characters

𭳬, 𪴛, 𥌿, 𥷗

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1363, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41932
Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4323, character 10
Unihan data for U+96B8

Unihan data for U+F9B8

Chinese

trad.		隸/𨽻/隷
simp.		隶^*
alternative forms		𨾀𥛬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 隸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (隶) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
曃	*l̥ʰɯːds
埭	*l'ɯːds
逮	l'ɯːds, l'ɯːds
靆	*l'ɯːds
齂	hmrɯːds, hmrɯds, *mrɯːd
棣	*l'ɯːds
隸	*rɯːds
肆	*hljɯds
蕼	*hljɯds
肂	*hljɯds
殔	*lɯds
隶	*lɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯːds) : phonetic 柰 (OC *naːds) + semantic 隶 (“arrest”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): lâ̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lē

(Teochew, Peng'im): di⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dai⁶
  - Yale: daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
  - Tâi-lô: lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: di⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di
  - MiniDict: di^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 隸
Mandarin	Beijing	/li⁵¹/
	Harbin	/li⁵³/
	Tianjin	/li⁵³/
	Jinan	/li²¹/
	Qingdao	/li⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/li³¹²/
	Xi'an	/li⁴⁴/
	Xining	/l̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/li¹³/
	Lanzhou	/li¹³/
	Ürümqi	/li²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ti³⁵/
	Chengdu	/ti¹³/
	Guiyang	/ti²¹³/
	Kunming	/li²¹²/
	Nanjing	/li⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/li⁵³/
	Pingyao	/li³⁵/
	Hohhot	/li⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/di²³/
	Suzhou	/di³¹/
	Hangzhou	/li²/
	Wenzhou	/lei²²/
Hui	Shexian	/li²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/le¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰi⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/tʰi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/liʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/li⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tɐi²²/
	Nanning	/tɐi²²/
	Hong Kong	/tɐi²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/le²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/lɑ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/li⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ti³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/li³⁵/ /li²³/

Middle Chinese: lejH

Rime
Character	隸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎計切
Baxter	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛj^H/
Li Rong	/lei^H/
Wang Li	/liei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤə[p]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*rɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁə[p]-s/
English	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	隸
Reading #	1/1
No.	7960
Phonetic component	隶
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	麗
Old Chinese	/*rɯːds/

Definitions

隸

(historical) A class of lowly persons or servants in ancient China.
奴隸／奴隶 ― núlì ― slave [in general]
to be subordinate
隸屬／隶属 ― lìshǔ ― to be affiliated to; to belong to; to be subordinate
clerical script
隸書／隶书 ― lìshū ― clerical script

Compounds

References

“隸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

隸

(Hyōgai kanji)

Alternative form of 隷.

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

隸 (eumhun 종 례 (jong rye), word-initial (South Korea) 종 예 (jong ye))

hanja form^? of 례/예 (“be subserviant to, servant”)

Vietnamese

Han character

隸: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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