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
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

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

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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–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/

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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 (Hokkien)	/le²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/lɑ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/li⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ti³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/li³⁵/ /li²³/

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• 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	/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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

隸: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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