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Kanji Detail for 依 - "to rely on"

依

  • Meaning

    依 means "to rely on." Also associated with to lean on, to follow.

    1. To lean on - To rest against; to recline on.

    2. To rely on - To depend on; to trust in.

    3. To follow - To comply with.

    4. As is - Remaining unchanged; as before.

  • Words using 依

    • 依然 いぜん Listen still; as yet; as it has been
    • 依存 いぞん Listen dependence; reliance
    • 依頼 いらい Listen request; commission; entrusting (with a matter)
    • 依然として いぜんとして Listen still; as yet; as of old
    • に依る による Listen by means of; due to; because of
    • 依存症 いぞんしょう Listen dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)

  • Four-character idioms with 依

    • 依怙贔屓 えこひいき Listen favoritism; favouritism; partiality
    • 旧態依然 きゅうたいいぜん Listen remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

  • Tattoo check: 依

    • Verified meaning: to rely on
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あゆ, あらん, つぐお, やすし)
    • Also carries these associations: to lean on, to follow

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 依

    Given names 依(やすし)Listen 依(より)Listen

    Surnames 依(あゆ)Listen 依(あらん)Listen 依(つぐお)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reliant; depend on; consequently; therefore; due to

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rely on, be set in; consent, obey a wish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To lean on. Such as the colloquial 依靠 (rely on). | To follow. Doing things according to set procedures is all called 依. | The meaning of remaining as before. Such as 依然故我 (still the same old me). | 斧依: Same as 斧扆. Like today's folding screen. Those embroidered with axe patterns, used to display authority.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    e(エ) エ

    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yo.ru(よる) よる

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to lean on to rely on to follow as is dependent trust in based reliant contingent conditional comply rest recline subject influenced obligated subservient

Sentences including 依

  • Now , tom depends on his parents very much.

  • A child will depend on the television.

  • I still haven't heard from him.

  • I did so at his request.

  • We are dependent on each other.

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