隸

See also: 隷 and 隶

隸 U+96B8, 隸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B8 ← 隷 [U+96B7] CJK Unified Ideographs 隹 → [U+96B9]

Contents

Translingual

Traditional	隸
Shinjitai	隷
Simplified	隶

Han character

隸 (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: volume 7, page 4323, character 10
• Unihan data for U+96B8

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Chinese

trad.		隸
simp.		隶*
variant forms		隷

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, lai⁶, doi⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • IPA ^(key): /li˥˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶, lai⁶, doi⁶
    • Yale: daih, laih, doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶, lai⁶, doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶, lei⁶, doi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯˨/, /lɐi̯˨/, /tɔːy̯˨/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
    • Tâi-lô: lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le˨˨/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le˦˩/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le˨˨/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le˧˧/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le˧˧/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭ
    • IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 隸
Mandarin	Beijing	/li˥˩/
	Harbin	/li˥˧/
	Tianjin	/li˥˧/
	Jinan	/li˨˩/
	Qingdao	/li˦˨/
	Zhengzhou	/li˧˩˨/
	Xi'an	/li˦˦/
	Xining	/l̩˨˩˧/
	Yinchuan	/li˩˧/
	Lanzhou	/li˩˧/
	Ürümqi	/li˨˩˧/
	Wuhan	/ti˧˥/
	Chengdu	/ti˩˧/
	Guiyang	/ti˨˩˧/
	Kunming	/li˨˩˨/
	Nanjing	/li˦˦/
	Hefei	/zz̩˥˧/
Jin	Taiyuan	/li˥˧/
	Pingyao	/li˧˥/
	Hohhot	/li˥˥/
Wu	Shanghai	/di˨˧/
	Suzhou	/di˧˩/
	Hangzhou	/li˨/
	Wenzhou	/lei˨˨/
Hui	Shexian	/li˨˨/
	Tunxi	/le˩˩/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰi˥˥/
	Xiangtan	/tʰi˥˥/
Gan	Nanchang	/liʔ˥/
Hakka	Meixian	/li˥˧/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tɐi˨˨/
	Nanning	/tɐi˨˨/
	Hong Kong	/tɐi˨˨/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/le˨˨/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/lɑ˨˦˨/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/li˦˦/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ti˧˥/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/li˧˥/ /li˨˧/

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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

• 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) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   奴隸 / 奴隶  ―  núlì  ―  slave

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
• 皁隸／皁隶
• 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
• 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)‎^[1], 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 • (rye>ye) (hangeul 례>예, revised rye>ye, McCune–Reischauer rye>ye, Yale lyey>yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

隸: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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