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隸

lì

subservient

Phonosemantic compound. 柰 represents the sound, 隶 represents the meaning.

Components
柰 sound component

柰  Sound component

nài

  

crab-apple tree

隶 meaning component

隶  Meaning component

dài, lì

  

subservient

Evolution

隸 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
隸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
隸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

隶 (隸) 

lì

be subservient to; servant; attached to; scribe

Most common words with 隸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奴隶

slave

隶属

to be attached to

奴隶制

slavery

奴隶主

slave owner

隶

scribe

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤə[p]-s

lejH

lì

subordinate


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.9998% of movies

2050th most common character in movies

1801st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

隶

Unicode

U+96B8

Shuowen

“隸，附箸也。从隶，柰聲。，篆文隸从古文之體。”


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