頼

頼

See also: 賴

頼 U+983C, 頼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-983C ← 頻 [U+983B] CJK Unified Ideographs 頽 → [U+983D]

Translingual

Traditional	賴
Shinjitai	頼
Simplified	赖

Etymology

Simplified from 賴 (負 → 頁)

Han character

頼 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木中一月金 (DLMBC), composition ⿰束頁)

1. rely, depend (on)
2. accuse falsely

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1405, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43529
• Dae Jaweon: page 1923, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4372, character 3
• Unihan data for U+983C

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 頼 – see 賴 (“to rely; to depend on; to accuse falsely; etc.”). (This character, 頼, is a variant form of 賴.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	頼
Kyūjitai	賴

Kanji

頼

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 賴)

1. request, rely
2. depend on
3. accuse falsely

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: らい (rai, Jōyō)
• Kun: たのむ (tanomu, 頼む, Jōyō); たのもしい (tanomoshii, 頼もしい, Jōyō); たより (tayori, 頼り); たよる (tayoru, 頼る, Jōyō)
• Nanori: よち (yochi); より (yori)