賴 — readings, stroke count and radical

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. たのむ、たよりにする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「貝」+音符「剌」。「もうけ」を意味する漢語｛賴｝を表す字。仮借して「たのむ」を意味する漢語｛賴｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

rely, depend on, accuse falsely

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ライ

Kun (native)

• たのむ
• たよる
• たより

Other languages

• 拼音lai4

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

貝(かい)

JIS level

Level 3

Unicode

U+8CF4

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 頼One part differs
• 鵣One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 頼Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-7-9

Four Corner

5798.6

Nelson

713