隷

See also: 隸 and 隶

隷 U+96B7, 隷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B7 ← 隶 [U+96B6] CJK Unified Ideographs 隸 → [U+96B8]

隷 U+FA2F, 隷 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA2F ← 郞 [U+FA2E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 侮 → [U+FA30]

Translingual

Traditional	隸
Shinjitai	隷
Simplified	隶

Han character

隷 (Kangxi radical 171, 隶+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土火中水 (GFLE), composition ⿰⿱士示隶)

1. be subservient to
2. servant

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1363, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41928
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4323, character 6
• Unihan data for U+96B7

• Unihan data for U+FA2F

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists this character 隷 as equivalent to 隸. This character is used mainly in Japan.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 隷 – see 隸. (This character is a variant form of 隸).

Japanese

Kanji

隷

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. subordinate, dependency

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)^{←らい (rai, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)^{←れい (rei, historical)}
• Kun: しもべ (shimobe, 隷); したがう (shitagau, 隷う)

Compounds

• 隷(れい)下(か) (reika)
• 隷(れい)字(じ) (reiji)
• 隷(れい)従(じゅう) (reijū)
• 隷(れい)書(しょ) (reisho)
• 隷(れい)属(ぞく) (reizoku)
• 隷(れい)農(のう) (reinō)
• 漢(かん)隷(れい) (kanrei)
• 古(こ)隷(れい) (korei)
• 秦(しん)隷(れい) (shinrei)
• 皁(そう)隷(れい) (sōrei)
• 草(そう)隷(れい) (sōrei)
• 属(ぞく)隷(れい) (zokurei)
• 直(ちょく)隷(れい) (chokurei)
• 篆(てん)隷(れい) (tenrei)
• 奴(ど)隷(れい) (dorei)

 

Usage notes

This character 隷 is equivalent to 隸 (U+96B8). However, the latter is not used in Japan.