隷 Kanji for slave

N1Grade 816 strokes

slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower

Kun: したが.う、しもべ
On: レイ

隷 is the Japanese kanji for slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower. It is written with 16 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is したが.う、しもべ and its on reading is レイ.

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Words with 隷

奴ど隷れいslave, servant
隷れい書しょclerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
蛮ばん隷れいslaves of the barbarians

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