頼

This week’s #kanji is #頼, a simplified form of 賴, which is made of its semantic element of 貝 (represents money) and its phonetic element of 剌, although 賴（頼） and 剌 don’t share a sound.

Meaning: to rely, to trust, to ask/request
Reading: ライ、たの（だの）、たよ

依頼（イライ）: a request, a commission
信頼（シンライ）: trust, confidence, reliance, dependence

頼（たの）む: to ask, to request, to beg, to entrust, to hire, to rely on, to depend
頼（たの）み: a request, a favour, reliance, strength
頼（たの）もしい: reliable, trustworthy, dependable, hopeful
神（かみ）頼（だの）み: praying to the gods
心（こころ）頼（だの）み: reliance

頼（たよ）る: to rely, to depend, to fall back
頼（たよ）りない: unreliable, undependable, untrustworthy, wishy-washy

頼子（よりこ）: a girl’s name