Memory phrase for the character: 頼

頼

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Meaning

request, rely, ask, beg

Pronunciation

 RAI
tanomu/moshii, tayoru

Explanation

 Left: bundle 束 (Things 木/禾 that are strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle.), right: head/forehead 頁

Mnemonic
 
(You'd better remember this:) Make a mental note (= bundle) of this in your head, that's my request.

Radicals

束 bundle, sheaf(Things 木,禾 bound with a ribbon 口 to a bundle)
頁 (fore-)head, pageThe radical oogai stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.
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 Vocabulary

依頼 いらい  request, commission, dispatch; dependence, trust
信頼 しんらい  reliance, trust, confidence
頼む たのむ  to request, to beg, to ask
頼もしい たのもしい  reliable, trustworthy, hopeful, promising
頼る たよる  to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on

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