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Keyword
a person in servitude
  • subservient
  • servant
Frequency
#1407
Strokes
8
Readings
lì100%
Mnemonic
A hand 彐 threshing rice
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Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
隶属lìshǔ
to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
直隶Zhílì
Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
隶lì
(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate; (bound form) to be subordinate to; (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)
奴隶社会núlìshèhuì
slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社会 in Marxist theory)
隶书lìshū
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
改隶gǎilì
(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)