Kanji Detail for 隸 - "servant, follow, clerical script"

隸

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
隸 means "servant, follow, clerical script."
1. Servant - An attendant; a retainer.
2. Follow - To accompany; to be attached to.
3. Clerical script - A style of Chinese calligraphy.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

servant; prisoner; criminal; follower

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

be subservient to; servant

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate; (bound form) to be subordinate to; (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

subservient; servant

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To belong to. As in being classified into categories, belonging to a certain department, is called 隸某部. | A person who serves. As in 僕隸 (servants), 隸役 (bondsmen). | A script style name. Created by Cheng Miao of Qin. After Han, it was used for classics, memorials, and official and private documents. Because it was the work of bondsmen, it is called 隸書 (clerical script).
Onyomi

i(い)

rei(れい)
Kunyomi

shimobe(しもべ)

shitaga.u(したがう)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

隶 (tai・reizukuri)
Related Keywords
servant attendant retainer follow accompany attached clerical script style calligraphy