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KanjiN3Secondary school · 中学16 strokesRadical 頁

頼 · trust, request

頼 is a kanji meaning trust, request. It has 16 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ライrai

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • たのむtanomu
  • たのもしいtanomoshii
  • たよるtayoru

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 頼 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 頼
WordReadingMeaningLevel
頼むたのむto request, to ask (a favor)N5
信頼しんらいreliance, trust, confidenceN3
依頼いらいrequest; dependenceN3
頼るたよるto rely on, to have recourse to, to depend onN3
頼もしいたのもしいreliable, promisingN2

Example sentence

頼むよー。

たのむよー

I'm begging you.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #78561 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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