頼 — kanji meaning “trust”
頼
trust, request
- Meanings
- trust, request
- On'yomi
- ライ (rai)
- Kun'yomi
- たの.む、たの.もしい、たよ.る
- Name readings
- よち、より
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #708 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 181
- Chinese reading
- lài
Words with 頼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信頼 | しんらい shinrai | trust (in); confidence; faith |
| 依頼 | いらい irai | request; commission; entrusting (with a matter) |
| 頼む | たのむ tanomu | to request; to beg; to ask |
| 頼み | たのみ tanomi | request; favor; favour |
| 頼る | たよる tayoru | to rely on; to depend on; to count on |
| 頼り | たより tayori | reliance; dependence |
| 頼もしい | たのもしい tanomoshii | reliable; dependable; trustworthy |
| 無頼 | ぶらい burai | villainous; rascally; knavish |
| 頼み | だのみ danomi | depending on; dependent upon; relying on |
| 神頼み | かみだのみ kamidanomi | entreaty to a deity |
| 頼み込む | たのみこむ tanomikomu | to request earnestly |
| 信頼性 | しんらいせい shinraisei | credibility; authenticity; confidence |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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