隶 - Dong Chinese dictionary

dài, lì

subservient

Original meaning:

catch from behind

Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind. Based on the original meaning "catch from behind", now written as 逮. Also used as the simplified form of 隸.

Components

又 Iconic component

yòu

(hand), again

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

尾 Iconic component

wěi, yǐ

tail

Derives from an ancient and simpler form of 尾 (tail)

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 尾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

隶

dài

to catch from behind

隶 (隸)

lì

be subservient to; servant; attached to; scribe

隶 (隷)

lì

variant of 隸|隶[lì]

Most common words with 隶

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	奴隶	slave
	隶属	to be attached to
	奴隶制	slavery
	奴隶主	slave owner
	隶	scribe

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

隸逮

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

逮棣埭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*m-rˤəp-s	dojH	dài	reach to

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.9998% of movies

2050th most common character in movies

1801st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	8
Traditional	隸
Unicode	U+96B6
Shuowen	“隶，及也。从又，从省。又持者，从後及之也。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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