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trust

Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingライ

Kun readingたの.む、たの.もしい、たよ.る

Jōyō Grade 8

to request
to beg
to ask
to call
to order

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bundle · Chaplin · tree (木) · wood (木) · mouth (口) · head (首) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1794

Compound words

頼むたのむ

to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order

依頼いらい

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

信頼しんらい

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

頼りたより

reliance; dependence

頼るたよる

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

頼みたのみ

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence

信頼性しんらいせい

credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability

源頼朝みなもとのよりとも

Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199), first shogun and founder of the Kamakura shogunate.

頼もしいたのもしい

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; reassuring; hopeful

頼りないたよりない

unreliable; undependable; indefinite; vague; helpless

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

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Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step