Spot 隶
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
隶 component
lì · subservient; servant
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 隶
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue隶Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 隶.
逮=
辶
埭=
土
康=
广
棣=
木
隸=
柰
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 隶 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
健康jiànkāng
health
HSK 3.0 · L3康复kāngfùto recuperate
HSK 3.0 · L6逮dǎiHSK 3.0 · L7-9逮捕dàibǔto arrest
HSK 3.0 · L7-9小康xiǎokāngXiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Da4 tong2]
HSK 3.0 · L7-9力有未逮lì yǒu wèi dàibeyond one's reach or power
司康sī kāngscone
唐棣táng dìshadbush or shadberry
埭dàidam
好康hǎo kāng安康ān kānggood health
康健kāng jiànhealthy