When the formation data identifies 隶 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
隶
Radical 171 of 214 · 8 strokes
Slave
lì
Unicode uses 隶 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is subservient; servant; Kangxi radical 171. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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隶lìsubservient; servantDetails+
compound formation
Compound formation: A hand 彐 threshing rice
- Category radical
- 隶 slave
- Visual structure
- 彐 + 氺
HSK words with 隶1 word in this course
隸lìsubservient; servantDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Semantic–phonetic formation: 柰 contributes the broad semantic category “bear”; 隶 contributes the historical pronunciation.
- Category radical
- 隶 slave
- Visual structure
- 柰 + 隶
HSK words with 隸1 word in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.