隷 — kanji meaning “slave”
隷
slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower
- Meanings
- slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower
- On'yomi
- レイ (rei)
- Kun'yomi
- したが.う、しもべ
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2009 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 171
- Chinese reading
- lì
Words with 隷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奴隷 | どれい dorei | slave; servant |
| 隷書 | れいしょ reisho | clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji) |
| 隷属 | れいぞく reizoku | subordination; servitude; servility |
| 隷従 | れいじゅう reijuu | slavery |
| 隷下 | れいか reika | subordinates; followers |
| 蛮隷 | ばんれい banrei | slaves of the barbarians |
| 奴隷制度 | どれいせいど doreiseido | (system of) slavery |
| 篆隷 | てんれい tenrei | seal style and ancient square style |
| 欲の奴隷 | よくのどれい yokunodorei | slave to avarice |
| 奴隷解放 | どれいかいほう doreikaihou | emancipation of slaves |
| 奴隷労働 | どれいろうどう doreiroudou | slave labor; slave labour |
| 奴隷根性 | どれいこんじょう doreikonjou | servile character (disposition) |
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