與秦隸相比，特色是波磔的強化。西漢時期的隸書尚有秦隸風格，可見於簡帛書中；到了東漢則發展出帶有明顯波磔（雁尾）的八分，以東漢末年的碑刻作品為代表，其字形端正美觀、筆法成熟，具有高度的藝術價值。

八分為帶有明顯雁尾的漢隸。魏晉至唐代期間，曾將楷書稱為隸書，而把有波磔的的隸書稱為八分或分隸，如南朝宋王愔云：「次仲始以古書方廣少波勢，（東漢）建初中以隸草作楷法，字方八分，言有楷模」。另外也有從漢隸字形左右開張的特色作解釋，如包世臣：「八，背也，言其勢左右分布相背然也。」

漢隸(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,NA)
han li(,U,韋氏拼音-非偏好,UF,U,U)
han li(,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,NA)
hàn lì(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,NA)
Han clerical script(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,NA)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........組件 (層級名)
............成分
................<依特定背景區分之組件>
....................<資訊形式組件>
........................<書寫體與活字類型>
............................手寫體 (書寫)
................................<依形式區分之書寫體>
....................................中國書體
........................................隸書
............................................漢隸

related style/period/culture is....

漢(中國)

英文....

Style of Chinese clerical script characterized by an exaggeration of sweeping strokes that differs from Qin clerical script. The clerical script from the Western Han Dynasty seen in bamboo and wooden slips and silk manuscripts is very similar to the Qin clerical script; however, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the script evolved into the so-called bafen script with aforementioned stroke exaggerations (visually similar to the tail of a goose). The typical works written in bafen were the engravings on stelae from the late Eastern Han. They were recognized as fine arts due to their well-balanced forms and fluent strokes.

漢隸............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
.................	中國文物大辭典
.................	雄獅中國美術辭典
.................	書法辭典
han li............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
hàn lì............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
Han clerical script............	[VP]
.................	Sotheby's Online (2001-)
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Chinese Art Dictionary (1989)
.................	Calligraphy Dictionary (1989)
.................	Dictionary of Chinese Historical Relics (2008)

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聯合目錄： 漢隸 、han li 、hàn lì 、han li 、Han clerical script