頼 Kanji – trust
The Japanese kanji 頼 can mean trust, request.
Meaning and Readings
How is 頼 read?
頼 has the onyomi reading ライ and the kunyomi readings たのむ, たのもしい, たよる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as rai, tanomu, tanomoshii, tayoru.
Common Japanese Words Using 頼
These common Japanese words contain 頼. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 達頼喇嘛（ダライラマ） — Dalai Lama
- 依頼（いらい） — request, commission, entrusting (with a matter)
- 信頼（しんらい） — trust (in), confidence, faith, reliance
- 信頼性（しんらいせい） — credibility, authenticity, confidence, reliability
- 頼む（たのむ） — to request, to beg, to ask
- 頼もしい（たのもしい） — reliable, dependable, trustworthy, reassuring
- 頼り（たより） — reliance, dependence
- 頼りない（たよりない） — unreliable, undependable, indefinite, vague
- 頼る（たよる） — to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
- 頼み（たのみ） — request, favor, favour