隶
Character
(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate
- Radical
- 隶 (itself)
- Strokes
- 8
- Structure
- Top–bottom
- Parts
- 彐 氺
- Traditional
- 隷
- Frequency
- #1411 most common character
Meaning
lì
li4Unreviewed- (bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate CC-CEDICT
- (bound form) to be subordinate to CC-CEDICT
- (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 8 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 隶
Draw “隶” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Example sentences
我会写隶书。
wǒ huì xiě lì shū
I can write in the clerical style of Chinese.
AI-generated sentence
这个学校隶属于大学。
zhè ge xué xiào lì shǔ yú dà xué
This school belongs to the university.
AI-generated sentence
隶书是很老的字。
lì shū shì hěn lǎo de zì
Clerical script is a very old style of writing.
AI-generated sentence
Words with 隶
隶书lì shūclerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)Word隶圉lì yǔservants; underlingsWord隶属lì shǔto be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction ofWord奴隶nú lìa person owned by another person and made to work without payWordHSK 7–9改隶gǎi lì(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)Word直隶zhí lìZhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day HebeiWord奴隶主nú lì zhǔslave ownerWord奴隶制nú lì zhìslaveryWord性奴隶xìng nú lìsex slaveWord奴隶制度nú lì zhì dùslaveryWord奴隶社会nú lì shè huìslave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社会 in Marxist theory)Word