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Translingual
Etymology
Simplified from 賴 (負 → 頁)
Han character
頼 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木中一月金 (DLMBC), composition ⿰束頁)
- rely, depend (on)
- accuse falsely
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1405, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43529
- Dae Jaweon: page 1923, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4372, character 3
- Unihan data for U+983C
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 頼 – see 賴 (“to rely; to depend on; to accuse falsely; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 賴). |
Japanese
Kanji
頼
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 賴)
- request, rely
- depend on
- accuse falsely
Readings