依 – reliant, depend on, consequently

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#906 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 依 means reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ、エ (i, e); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.る (yoru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i
On’yomi	エ	e
Kun’yomi	よ.る	yoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 衣・化・亠.

Words using 依

依頼いらいrequest依然いぜんstill依存いぞんdependence

Example sentences

事務弁護士に遺言状の作成を依頼した。

I asked the solicitor to make out my will.

Tatoeba #150746

３人が依然行方不明です。

Three people are still missing.

Tatoeba #235305

それはすべて天候に依存している。

It all depends on the weather.

Tatoeba #205489

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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