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)

be subservient to
servant

Derived characters

𠘞, 㘑, 𢸀, 𤃀, 𣟌, 𥶾

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

(Jōyō kanji)

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.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
隷
しもべ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 隷 – see the following entry.

【僕しもべ】S

[noun] [from 1001] manservant, servant

[noun] [from 720] a man of low social status, a follower of someone else

[noun] [from 1120] a low-ranking civil servant

Alternative spelling
下部

(This term, 隷, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)