- 奴隷 — slave; enslaved person
- 隷属 — subjugation; subordination
- 隷従 — subservience; forced obedience
- 隷書 — clerical script (ancient writing style)
The right-side radical 隶 carries the sense of being bound or assigned to serve. Combined with the left structure, 隷 expresses a state of being under someone’s control — the core idea behind servant, subordinate, or slave.