This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: レイ、したが.う、しもべ
Romaji: rei, shitaga.u, shimobe
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  171
Frequency:  2009
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-8-8
Korean Reading:  rye
Chinese Reading:  li4
Unicode:  96b7
JIS:  4E6C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1751
Nelson Index: 5026
New Nelson Index: 6490
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e11.1
Four Corner Index: 4593.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1924
Gakken Index: 1910
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41928
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0979
Remembering the kanji Index: 2036
Kodansha Compact Index: 1848
Kanji in Context Index: 1872
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1151
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1563
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 2053
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2192
Essential Kanji Index: 1873
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2201
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1442
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1863

Words

奴隷 (どれい)
slave; servant; slavery
隷属 (れいぞく)
subordination; servitude; servility; vassalage; slavery; subordinate; underling
篆隷 (てんれい)
seal style and ancient square style
欲の奴隷 (よくのどれい)
slave to avarice
奴隷労働 (どれいろうどう)
slave labor; slave labour
隷下 (れいか)
subordinates; followers
隷書 (れいしょ)
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
隷従 (れいじゅう)
slavery
蛮隷 (ばんれい)
slaves of the barbarians
奴隷制度 (どれいせいど)
slavery
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