隶 - lì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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8 strokes
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隶 (隸)

lì

Definition

attached (to)
scribe
slave
radical (Kang Xi 171)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

康

kāng

healthy; peaceful; abundant

逮

dǎi

to catch (coll.); to seize

逮

dài

to arrest (literary); to seize; to overtake; until

Kerria japonica

dam

Related words (9)

隶书

lì shū

clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)

see 隶书

servants; underlings

to belong to (a category); to be attached to

slave

slave owner

slavery

slavery

slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)

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