依

依 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹女 (OYHV), four-corner 2023₂, composition ⿰亻衣)

• 𠵱, 𦲤, 𤷴, 㥋

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 607
• Dae Jaweon: page 217, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4F9D

Historical forms of the character 依
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script
Oracle bone script j18935 j18936 j18937 Bronze inscriptions b12302 Small seal script s05761 Transcribed ancient scripts L30337 L02012 L02013 L02014
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯl): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls).

Probably cognate with 倚 (OC *qralʔ, *qrals) (Wang, 1982). Perhaps 因 (OC *qin) is an allofam (Pulleyblank, 1991), though the vowels do not agree (Schuessler, 2007).

依

1. to lean on
2. to rely on; to depend on
3. to obey; to comply with; to agree to
4. according to; in accordance with; in light of; in a manner conforming to; in compliance with
5. used in 依稀 (yīxī)
6. a surname, Yi

• (to rely on):

• (according to):

Dialectal variant of 呢 (ni1).

依

1. (Cantonese) this; these

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 阿?”)

依

1. (Eastern Min) Used in front of persons' given names or kinship terms to express familiarity.

• “依”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. be due to, be caused by
2. rely on, depend on
3. be based on, have as a basis
4. based in, based at, operate out of

• Go-on: え (e, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kun: よる (yoru, 依る)

• 依(よ)って (yotte)

From Middle Chinese 依 (MC 'j+j).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

依(い) • (i) 

1. rely on; depend on
2. according to
3. as before

   依(い)然(ぜん) ― izen ― same as before, still

From Middle Chinese 依 (MC 'j+j).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

依(え) • (e) 

1. rely on; depend on

依 (eum 의 (ui))

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依: Hán Nôm readings: y, e, ỷ, ỉa

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