# 隸

| 隸 | U+96B8, &#38584; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B8 |
| ← 隷 [U+96B7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 隹 → [U+96B9] |
| 隸 | U+F9B8, &#63928; 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 4593$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 隸
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lâ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lē
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^6$
*** Yale: daih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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: di$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di
*** MiniDict: di$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit隸 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /li⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /li⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /li⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /li²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /li⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /li³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /li⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /l̩²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /li¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /li¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /li²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ti³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ti¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ti²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /li²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /li⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /zz̩⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /li⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /li³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /li⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /di²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /di³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /li²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /lei²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /li²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /le¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /tʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /liʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /li⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tɐi²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tɐi²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tɐi²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /le²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /lɑ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /li⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ti³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /li³⁵/ /li²³/ |
* 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 | /lei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /liei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^6$ |
* 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 | ‹ lej$^H$ › |
| 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
* (historical) A class of lowly persons or servants in ancient China.
    奴隸／奴隶 ― núlì ― slave [in general]
* to be subordinate
    隸屬／隶属 ― lìshǔ ― to be affiliated to; to belong to; to be subordinate
* (historical) bailiff in a yamen
* clerical script
    漢隸／汉隶 ― hànlì ― Han clerical script

#### Compounds

* 下隸 / 下隶
* 今隸 / 今隶
* 佐隸 / 佐隶
* 俘隸 / 俘隶
* 傔隸 / 傔隶
* 傭隸 / 佣隶
* 僮隸 / 僮隶
* 僕隸 / 仆隶 (púlì)
* 僚隸 / 僚隶
* 優隸 / 优隶
* 儲隸 / 储隶
* 內隸 / 内隶
* 兵隸 / 兵隶
* 分隸 / 分隶
* 分隸偶存 / 分隶偶存
* 刑隸 / 刑隶
* 割隸 / 割隶
* 北直隸 / 北直隶
* 卒隸 / 卒隶
* 古隸 / 古隶
* 司隸 / 司隶 (sīlì)
* 司隸校尉 / 司隶校尉 (sīlì xiàowèi)
* 司隸章 / 司隶章
* 嚴家餓隸 / 严家饿隶
* 外隸 / 外隶
* 奚隸 / 奚隶
* 女隸 / 女隶
* 奴隸 / 奴隶 (núlì)
* 奴隸主 / 奴隶主 (núlìzhǔ)
* 奴隸主義 / 奴隶主义
* 守隸 / 守隶
* 家隸 / 家隶
* 小隸 / 小隶
* 常隸 / 常隶
* 庸隸 / 庸隶
* 庶隸 / 庶隶
* 廝隸 / 厮隶
* 役隸 / 役隶
* 徒隸 / 徒隶
* 御隸 / 御隶
* 愍隸 / 愍隶
* 扈隸 / 扈隶
* 散隸 / 散隶
* 楷隸 / 楷隶
* 正隸 / 正隶
* 民隸 / 民隶
* 氓隸 / 氓隶
* 流隸 / 流隶
* 漢隸 / 汉隶 (hànlì)
* 狄隸 / 狄隶
* 瑣隸 / 琐隶
* 甿隸 / 甿隶
* 疲隸 / 疲隶
* 百隸 / 百隶
* 皁隸 / 皂隶 (zàolì)
* 皂隸 / 皂隶 (zàolì)
* 皂隸老官 / 皂隶老官
* 直隸 / 直隶 (zhílì)
* 眾隸 / 众隶
* 私隸 / 私隶
* 秦隸 / 秦隶
* 程隸 / 程隶
* 童隸 / 童隶
* 篆隸 / 篆隶
* 纖隸 / 纤隶
* 罪隸 / 罪隶
* 胥隸 / 胥隶
* 臣隸 / 臣隶
* 臺隸 / 台隶
* 舊隸 / 旧隶
* 草隸 / 草隶
* 萌隸 / 萌隶
* 蠻隸 / 蛮隶
* 行隸 / 行隶
* 貉隸 / 貉隶
* 販夫皂隸 / 贩夫皂隶
* 賤隸 / 贱隶
* 走隸 / 走隶
* 輿隸 / 舆隶
* 遷隸 / 迁隶
* 邊隸 / 边隶
* 配隸 / 配隶
* 鍾隸 / 钟隶
* 門隸 / 门隶
* 閩隸 / 闽隶
* 附隸 / 附隶
* 陪隸 / 陪隶
* 隸事 / 隶事
* 隸人 / 隶人 (lìrén)
* 隸僮 / 隶僮
* 隸僕 / 隶仆
* 隸僕人 / 隶仆人
* 隸卒 / 隶卒 (lìzú)
* 隸古 / 隶古
* 隸名 / 隶名
* 隸圉 / 隶圉 (lìyǔ)
* 隸妾 / 隶妾
* 隸子弟 / 隶子弟
* 隸字 / 隶字
* 隸學 / 隶学
* 隸定 / 隶定 (lìdìng)
* 隸家 / 隶家
* 隸寫 / 隶写
* 隸屬 / 隶属 (lìshǔ)
* 隸役 / 隶役
* 隸御 / 隶御
* 隸戶 / 隶户
* 隸文 / 隶文
* 隸書 / 隶书 (lìshū)
* 隸楷 / 隶楷
* 隸業 / 隶业
* 隸法 / 隶法
* 隸漢 / 隶汉
* 隸省 / 隶省
* 隸篆 / 隶篆
* 隸籍 / 隶籍
* 隸絕 / 隶绝
* 隸習 / 隶习
* 隸胥 / 隶胥
* 隸臣 / 隶臣
* 隸臣妾 / 隶臣妾
* 隸草 / 隶草
* 隸行 / 隶行
* 隸變 / 隶变 (lìbiàn)
* 隸辨 / 隶辨
* 隸農 / 隶农
* 隸配 / 隶配
* 隸釋 / 隶释
* 隸韻 / 隶韵
* 隸首 / 隶首
* 隸首之學 / 隶首之学
* 隸體 / 隶体
* 隸齒 / 隶齿
* 餘隸 / 余隶
* 餓隸 / 饿隶
* 騶隸 / 驺隶
* 驛隸 / 驿隶
* 鳳凰皂隸 / 凤凰皂隶
* 鳳凰皁隸 / 凤凰皂隶
* 黥隸 / 黥隶
* 鼓隸 / 鼓隶

### References

* “隸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* 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))
* hanja form of 례/예 (“be subserviant to, servant”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

隸: Hán Nôm readings: lệ
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