頼 – trust, request

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#708 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 頼 means trust, request. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ライ (rai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たの.む、たの.もしい、たよ.る (tanomu, tanomoshii, tayoru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ライ	rai
Kun’yomi	たの.む	tanomu
Kun’yomi	たの.もしい	tanomoshii
Kun’yomi	たよ.る	tayoru

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: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: ｜・貝・目・口・ハ・頁・木.

Words using 頼

頼むたのむto request信頼しんらいtrust (in)依頼いらいrequest頼るたよるto rely on頼もしいたのもしいreliable

Example sentences

あなたに頼んでもよろしいですか。

May I request a favour of you?

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私が頼んだものがまだ届いていません。

I'm still waiting for my order.

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田中さんのことを頼むよ。

Take care of Mr. Tanaka for me!

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類順項願預顧頑頂顕頻頃

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