Chinese symbol for “underlings”

隶圉

lì yǔ

Traditional: 隸圉

servants; underlings

The closest CC-CEDICT match for underlings is 隶圉 (lì yǔ), defined as: servants; underlings.

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Characters and stroke order

隶 lì

subservient; servant

radical 171 ⾪ · 8 strokes

圉 yǔ

stable, fence, corral; frontier, border

radical 31 ⼞ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

隸 lì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 隶圉.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
奴隶 (奴隸)	nú lì	slave
隶属 (隸屬)	lì shǔ	to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
奴隶制 (奴隸制)	nú lì zhì	slavery
奴隶主 (奴隸主)	nú lì zhǔ	slave owner
奴隶制度 (奴隸制度)	nú lì zhì dù	slavery
奴隶社会 (奴隸社會)	nú lì shè huì	slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會\|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
囹圉	líng yǔ	variant of 囹圄 (líng yǔ)
圉人	yǔ rén	(old) horse breeder

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.