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隷

隷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. したがう。
  2. しもべ。
  3. 漢字の字体の一つ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「隸」の略体。「隸」については隸#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイJHS
Kun (native)
  • したが(う)
  • しもべ
Other languages
  • 拼音li4
  • 한글rye
  • Hán-ViệtLệ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
隶(れいづくり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+96B7

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𰧭隶

Words using this kanji

  • 隷書れいしょ漢字の書体の一つ。篆書（小篆）を簡略化したものとされる。clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
  • 隷れいclerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
  • 隷従れいじゅう奴隷としてこと。又、奴隷のように他者に支配されて、従うことをられること。 奴隷として。又、奴隷のように他者に支配されて、従うことをられる。slavery
  • 隷属れいぞく他に支配され言いなりにされること。 配下。部下。subordination, servitude, servility, vassalage
  • 隷下れいか従属する人。手下。配下。subordinates, followers
  • 隷属国れいぞくこくsubject nation, subordinate state, dependency
  • 隷属民れいぞくみんsubordinate people
  • 隷属的れいぞくてきsubordinate, dependent, vassal

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(30 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-8
Four Corner
4593.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4e11.1
Heisig
2192
Nelson
5026