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隶
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subservient

HSK 7
Abstract →Qualities
lì
タイ
이, 대
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 again+ 尾 tail =
隶 subservient
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
尾 Iconic component
wěi tail
tail, extremity
Derives from an ancient and simpler form of 尾 (tail)
Notes
Similar Characters
丈 100 Chinese Inches劝 urge (simp)叒 united变 transform (simp)叙 state (simp)寝 get some shuteye (jp)寢 get some shuteye (trad)度 degree/time矍 look about in竖 vertical (simp)隻 one of a pair (trad/jp)为 handle (simp)亂 chaos (trad)争 contend (jp)事 matter亟 immediately兼 double叉 fork及 catch up with友 friend
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
隶
Regular
Modern
Chinese
隶 [dài]
to catch from behind
隶 / 隸 [lì]
attached to; scribe
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
隶 たい
Tai given name
CHINESE WORDS (10)
奴隶 [nú​lì] #3,159
slave
隶属 [lì​shǔ] #13,177
to belong to (a category)
奴隶制 [nú​lì​zhì] #20,115
slavery
奴隶主 [nú​lì​zhǔ] #27,262
slave owner
直隶 [Zhí​lì] #32,168
Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
隶书 [lì​shū] #41,988
clerical script
奴隶社会 [nú​lì​shè​huì] #43,185
slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
奴隶制度 [nú​lì​zhì​dù] #39,652
slavery
隶体 [lì​tǐ]
see 隸書|隶书[lì​shū]
隶圉 [lì​yǔ]
servants