Memory phrase for the character: 隷

隷

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Meaning

servant, obey

Pronunciation

 REI

Explanation

 Left: samurai 士 and to show 示/礻, right: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ and an animal [i.e. cat] with a tail 丨 extremities/limbs spreading away from the body) (cf. to catch 逮)

Mnemonic
 
A samurai shows how to catch a cat by hand at the tail to the servant.

Radicals

士 samuraiA proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
隶 catching handHere a hand ヨ grabs the tail 丨 of an animal (= the four lines below are the extremities). (But sometimes it is a hand stirs water 水 with a stick丨)
尹 Hand with stick
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 Vocabulary

奴隷 どれい  slave, servant
隷属 れいぞく  slavery, subordination

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