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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2009 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower

Kunyomi: したが.う, しもべ

Onyomi: レイ

Composition: 士 示 隶

隷

Radical

Radical: 隶

Meaning: slave, capture

Reading: れいづくり

Frequency: 12

隶

Examples

Onyomi Examples

隷 (レイ) clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

隷書 (レイショ) clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

性奴隷 (セイドレイ) sex slave, sexual slavery

性的奴隷 (セイテキドレイ) sex slave, sexual slavery

Kunyomi Examples

僕 (しもべ) servant, manservant, menial

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