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Kanji 頼: meaning "rely, request", readings, stroke order

The kanji 頼 means "rely, request". On'yomi: ライ; kun'yomi: たのむ、たのもしい、たよる. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
rely, request
On'yomi
ライ
Kun'yomi
たのむたのもしいたよる
Strokes
16
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
賴 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 頼

  • 頼む たのむ — to request, to ask (a favor)
  • 信頼 しんらい — reliance, trust, confidence
  • 頼る たよる — to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on
  • 頼もしい たのもしい — reliable, promising

Stroke order · 16 strokes

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Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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