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The kanji 隷: meaning, readings and stroke order

隷

Meaning
slave, subordinate
On reading
レイ rei
Kun reading
—
Strokes
16
Radical
隶 slave, capture
Level
Level 7 · junior high school
Old form
隸

Stroke order

Stroke order of 隷, 16 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
nô lệ, lệ thuộc (lệ)
Japanese
どれい。したがう。
Korean
노예, 매이다 (례·예)
Chinese
奴隶、隶属 (隶)

Readings, words and example sentences

レイ rei · on reading · less common

Practise writing 隷 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 隷 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.