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隶
隸
lì
1. attached to
2. scribe
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

隶
lì
subservient; servant
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (10)

隶体
lìtǐ
see [[隸書|隶书<lìshū>]]
隶圉
lìyǔ
servants
隶属
lìshǔ
to belong to (a category)
隶书
lìshū
clerical script
奴隶
núlì
slave
HSK 6
直隶
Zhílì
Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
奴隶主
núlìzhǔ
slave owner
奴隶制
núlìzhì
slavery
奴隶制度
núlìzhìdù
slavery
奴隶社会
núlìshèhuì
slave-owning society (precedes feudal society [[封建社會|封建社会]] in Marxist theory)

Alternate Entries

隶
lì
variant of [[隸|隶<lì>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,800
Word Frequency Rank
2,919 of 84,292

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