Read Edit View history 隶 lì HSK7 subservient Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind. Based on the original meaning "catch from behind", now written as 逮. In simplified Chinese 隶 is also used to mean "subservient", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 隸. Pinyin Separate values with commas lì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 隶 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 隸 ×隶 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 隶 Simp strokes 隶 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Derived from the pictographic form of 尾 (tail). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 隶 Simp strokes 隶 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 隶 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 298, 633 ], [ 351, 628 ], [ 521, 655 ], [ 622, 680 ], [ 666, 679 ], [ 702, 643 ], [ 651, 482 ], [ 625, 466 ] ], [ [ 153, 493 ], [ 204, 484 ], [ 523, 536 ], [ 807, 567 ], [ 841, 565 ], [ 896, 550 ] ], [ [ 314, 402 ], [ 336, 395 ], [ 621, 436 ], [ 666, 434 ], [ 690, 425 ] ], [ [ 454, 821 ], [ 476, 808 ], [ 509, 772 ], [ 498, 458 ], [ 500, 76 ], [ 478, 24 ], [ 333, 80 ] ], [ [ 262, 339 ], [ 327, 306 ], [ 359, 270 ] ], [ [ 171, 113 ], [ 205, 108 ], [ 231, 112 ], [ 352, 187 ], [ 361, 198 ], [ 372, 199 ], [ 423, 237 ] ], [ [ 760, 330 ], [ 724, 343 ], [ 629, 261 ], [ 621, 263 ] ], [ [ 530, 320 ], [ 649, 189 ], [ 750, 105 ], [ 795, 83 ], [ 921, 71 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 669 455 Q 681 501 693 531 L 717 582 Q 733 610 752 626 Q 771 645 756 665 Q 738 680 682 708 Q 663 717 639 708 Q 584 689 533 675 L 475 664 Q 390 651 304 643 Q 286 642 288 632 Q 289 623 310 616 Q 337 603 375 614 Q 424 623 475 631 L 531 641 Q 568 648 609 655 Q 639 661 650 649 Q 663 636 649 570 L 639 528 Q 629 494 618 461 C 609 432 661 426 669 455 Z", "M 693 531 Q 747 534 882 535 Q 903 536 907 544 Q 913 556 896 570 Q 838 613 767 592 Q 743 589 717 582 L 649 570 Q 591 563 527 551 L 474 543 Q 326 524 156 502 Q 135 501 151 483 Q 164 470 183 464 Q 205 458 220 463 Q 334 494 461 511 Q 467 512 474 512 L 526 520 Q 577 527 639 528 L 693 531 Z", "M 525 400 Q 595 409 685 414 Q 697 415 699 425 Q 699 434 669 455 C 655 465 648 464 618 461 Q 615 462 613 461 Q 567 452 525 443 L 473 433 Q 389 421 317 414 Q 295 413 308 392 Q 315 382 327 377 Q 339 374 353 377 Q 399 387 473 395 L 525 400 Z", "M 525 327 Q 525 364 525 400 L 525 443 Q 525 482 526 520 L 527 551 Q 527 587 530 621 Q 530 631 531 641 L 533 675 Q 537 732 549 765 Q 568 796 508 822 Q 472 841 451 834 Q 432 827 449 802 Q 471 774 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Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 298, 633 ], [ 351, 628 ], [ 521, 655 ], [ 622, 680 ], [ 666, 679 ], [ 702, 643 ], [ 651, 482 ], [ 625, 466 ] ], [ [ 153, 493 ], [ 204, 484 ], [ 523, 536 ], [ 807, 567 ], [ 841, 565 ], [ 896, 550 ] ], [ [ 314, 402 ], [ 336, 395 ], [ 621, 436 ], [ 666, 434 ], [ 690, 425 ] ], [ [ 454, 821 ], [ 476, 808 ], [ 509, 772 ], [ 498, 458 ], [ 500, 76 ], [ 478, 24 ], [ 333, 80 ] ], [ [ 262, 339 ], [ 327, 306 ], [ 359, 270 ] ], [ [ 171, 113 ], [ 205, 108 ], [ 231, 112 ], [ 352, 187 ], [ 361, 198 ], [ 372, 199 ], [ 423, 237 ] ], [ [ 760, 330 ], [ 724, 343 ], [ 629, 261 ], [ 621, 263 ] ], [ [ 530, 320 ], [ 649, 189 ], [ 750, 105 ], [ 795, 83 ], [ 921, 71 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 669 455 Q 681 501 693 531 L 717 582 Q 733 610 752 626 Q 771 645 756 665 Q 738 680 682 708 Q 663 717 639 708 Q 584 689 533 675 L 475 664 Q 390 651 304 643 Q 286 642 288 632 Q 289 623 310 616 Q 337 603 375 614 Q 424 623 475 631 L 531 641 Q 568 648 609 655 Q 639 661 650 649 Q 663 636 649 570 L 639 528 Q 629 494 618 461 C 609 432 661 426 669 455 Z", "M 693 531 Q 747 534 882 535 Q 903 536 907 544 Q 913 556 896 570 Q 838 613 767 592 Q 743 589 717 582 L 649 570 Q 591 563 527 551 L 474 543 Q 326 524 156 502 Q 135 501 151 483 Q 164 470 183 464 Q 205 458 220 463 Q 334 494 461 511 Q 467 512 474 512 L 526 520 Q 577 527 639 528 L 693 531 Z", "M 525 400 Q 595 409 685 414 Q 697 415 699 425 Q 699 434 669 455 C 655 465 648 464 618 461 Q 615 462 613 461 Q 567 452 525 443 L 473 433 Q 389 421 317 414 Q 295 413 308 392 Q 315 382 327 377 Q 339 374 353 377 Q 399 387 473 395 L 525 400 Z", "M 525 327 Q 525 364 525 400 L 525 443 Q 525 482 526 520 L 527 551 Q 527 587 530 621 Q 530 631 531 641 L 533 675 Q 537 732 549 765 Q 568 796 508 822 Q 472 841 451 834 Q 432 827 449 802 Q 471 774 474 736 Q 475 726 475 664 L 475 631 Q 474 594 474 543 L 474 512 Q 473 476 473 433 L 473 395 Q 470 274 470 107 Q 469 82 455 72 Q 446 68 360 80 Q 323 90 327 80 Q 328 73 352 58 Q 428 7 448 -24 Q 473 -60 490 -60 Q 506 -61 520 -23 Q 539 26 534 104 Q 528 201 526 298 L 525 327 Z", "M 282 306 Q 307 287 334 264 Q 347 254 360 256 Q 370 257 373 268 Q 376 281 367 307 Q 355 335 275 347 Q 262 350 256 347 Q 252 343 254 332 Q 258 322 282 306 Z", "M 168 127 Q 156 123 156 113 Q 156 100 167 93 Q 192 83 228 70 Q 238 69 249 80 Q 270 105 390 196 Q 408 209 419 222 Q 429 232 428 241 Q 422 245 411 240 Q 207 132 168 127 Z", "M 625 244 Q 713 298 758 317 Q 777 321 773 333 Q 769 349 750 370 Q 731 389 709 394 Q 693 394 693 374 Q 694 361 684 344 Q 659 311 610 260 C 589 238 599 228 625 244 Z", "M 610 260 Q 589 281 569 304 Q 551 323 525 327 C 496 334 504 318 526 298 Q 550 280 625 185 Q 737 38 808 40 Q 820 44 907 58 Q 919 61 930 66 Q 937 73 926 80 Q 913 87 803 124 Q 725 149 625 244 L 610 260 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 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