Radical 171

隶
170 ⾩ ◄	171	► ⾫ 172
Pinyin :	lì (= to catch)
Zhuyin :	ㄉ ㄞ ˋ
Hiragana :	れ い づ く り Reizukuri
Kanji :	隶 旁 Reizukuri (= slave)
Hangul :
Sinocorean :
Codepoint :	U + 96B6
Stroke sequence :

Radical 171 , meaning "to catch ", is one of 9 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with eight strokes.

With 4 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon. And even in the 40,000-character Kangxi dictionary, there are only 12 characters that can be found under this radical.

The interpretation of this sign is controversial. It goes back to two images: that of a hand holding something, then that of a hairy animal's tail. One hypothesis is that animals were sacrificed during the Zhou Dynasty . Priests held the sacrificial animal by the tail. Hence the meaning “ implore ”. At first it was probably just " hold ". Sometimes a slave's hair was also sacrificed. Hence the meaning " subordinate ".

" Arrest " is written today with Radikal 171 and " go quickly ".

Character combinations ruled by radical 171

Strokes	character
+ 00	隶
+ 08	隷
+ 09	隸

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 171 is coded under the code point number 12.202 (U + 2FAA).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 58 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 171  - Graphic representations of Radikal 171

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 171 on page 67