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Kanji Detail for 依 - "rely, depend, trust"

  • Meaning

    依 means "rely, depend, trust."

    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.

  • 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.
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Sentences including

  • 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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