隸

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.

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		隸
simp.		隶*
alternative forms		隷／隶 𨾀 𨽻 𥛬

Glyph origin

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

柰 + 隶.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶
• Min Dong (BUC): lâ̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁶

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• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶
    • Yale: daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

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• 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/
	Tunxi	/le¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰi⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/tʰi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/liʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/li⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tɐi²²/
	Nanning	/tɐi²²/
	Hong Kong	/tɐi²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/le²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/lɑ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/li⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ti³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/li³⁵/ /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lei^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/leiH/
Wang Li	/lieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieiH/
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	‹ lejH ›
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

1. (historical) A class of lowly persons or servants in ancient China.

   奴隸／奴隶  ―  núlì  ―  slave [in general]

2. to be subordinate

   隸屬／隶属  ―  lìshǔ  ―  to be affiliated to; to belong to; to be subordinate

3. clerical script

   隸書／隶书  ―  lìshū  ―  clerical script

Compounds

下隸／下隶 今隸／今隶 分隸／分隶 分隸偶存／分隶偶存 北直隸／北直隶 古隸／古隶 司隸／司隶 (sīlì) 司隸校尉／司隶校尉 (sīlì xiàowèi) 奚隸／奚隶 女隸／女隶 奴隸／奴隶 (núlì)

徒隸／徒隶 楷隸／楷隶 氓隸／氓隶 漢隸／汉隶 (hànlì) 皁隸／皁隶 (zàolì) 直隸／直隶 (zhílì) 秦隸／秦隶 罪隸／罪隶 草隸／草隶 萌隸／萌隶 配隸／配隶

隸人／隶人 (lìrén) 隸僕／隶仆 隸定／隶定 (lìdìng) 隸屬／隶属 (lìshǔ) 隸書／隶书 (lìshū) 隸篆／隶篆 隸草／隶草 隸變／隶变 (lìbiàn) 隸辨／隶辨 隸農／隶农 隸釋／隶释

References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

隸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 隷.

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

隸: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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