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頼 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「頁」

道
4Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「頁」
On
ライらい · rai
Kun
たの(む)・たの(もしい)・たよ(る)tano(mu) · tano(moshii) · tayo(ru)
Meaning
rely on; request

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

束 "bundle" with 頁 "head": to lean on someone — to rely on, to request.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onライらいrai依頼いらい信頼しんらい無頼漢ぶらいかん
Kunたのむtanomu頼むたのむ頼みたのみ
Kunたのもしいtanomoshii頼もしいたのもしい
Kunたよるtayoru頼るたよる頼りたより

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 信頼しんらい

    trust; confidence

  • 依頼いらい

    request

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)は信頼(しんらい)できる友人(ゆうじん)だ。

He is a friend I can trust.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

依頼信頼頼依rely…信trust項clause頁page頃time頂summit須ought雷thunde…礼courte…来to com…狸raccoo…莉used…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 頁Map of reading ライAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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