隸 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

lì

subservient

approved by cochleoid · Jun 9, 2022, 12:36 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jun 9, 2022, 12:36 AM

Sound and meaning component were swapped. Filled in the usual phonosemantic etymology template for no other reason than consistency.

Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, customSources

Phonosemantic compound. 柰 represents the sound, 隶 represents the meaning.

Components

柰 Sound component

Change in sound

隸 and 柰 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

隶 Meaning component

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lejH	[r]ˤə[p]-s	subordinate

《說文》：“隸，附箸也。从隶，柰聲。，篆文隸从古文之體。”