Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

906 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to

Kunyomi: よ.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

頼心(いらいしん)   spirit of dependence

頼する(いらいする)   request [v.t.]

存する(いぞんする)   depend on, rely on

拠する(いきょする)   based on

然として(いぜんとして)   still, as yet, as of old

する(きえする)   devote oneself to (religion)

Onyomi Examples

イゼン still, as yet, as it has been

委嘱 イショク commissioning, entrusting (with), request, appointment (to a position)

イイ affectionately attached, reluctant to part

ヒョウイ possession (by a spirit, etc.), dependence, depending on

蘭苔 エイランタイ Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica), Iceland lichen

エコ favoritism, favouritism, partiality, prejudice, bias

キエ becoming a devout believer, (religious) conversion

Kunyomi Examples

よる to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at