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隸

隸 — 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

形声。「米」+音符「𠭥」。仮借して「したがう」を意味する漢語｛隸｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

servant, prisoner, criminal, follower

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

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

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
隶(れいづくり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+96B8

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰柰隶

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-8
Four Corner
4593.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4e11.1
Nelson
5027