漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
頼: trust, request
JLPT N316 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
頁 carries the meaning · 束 gives the sound
16 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
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Four readings, and the words that use each
ライrai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 信頼するしんらいするtrust [v.t.]
- 依頼するいらいするrequest [v.t.]
たのむtanomu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 頼むたのむrequest, ask
たのもしいtanomoshii · kun'yomi
- 頼もしいたのもしいtrustworthy
たよるtayoru · kun'yomi
- 頼るたよるdepend on
- 頼りないたよりないundependable
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Face the world! This radical represents everything that happens from the neck up—thinking, seeing, breathing, and the very identity of a person.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
束
Also built on bundle (束)
The 束 family reads ソク (soku); 頼 is read ライ.
Also read ライ
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 赖 · traditional 賴 · lài
Three different forms: Japanese 頼, simplified 赖, traditional 賴.
- Simplified
- 赖 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 賴 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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