隶 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

lì HSK7

subservient

approved by Peter Olson · Jun 10, 2022, 06:09 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 10, 2022, 06:09 AM

use consistent character 又 in description and components

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Original meaning: catch from behind

Depicts a hand (又) grabbing a tail (尾) from behind.

Components

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Change in form

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

尾 Iconic component

wěi tail

Derived from the pictographic form of 尾 (tail).

Change in form

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

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dojH	m-rˤəp-s	reach to

《說文》：“隶，及也。从又，从省。又持者，从後及之也。”