賴

See also: 赖 and 頼

Translingual

shinjitai	頼
simplified	赖
traditional	賴

Han character

賴 (radical 154 貝+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木中弓月金 (DLNBC), 木中尸竹金 (DLSHC), four-corner 5198₆, composition ⿰束⿱刀貝)

1. rely, depend on
2. accuse falsely
3. used as a surname

Descendants

• 頼 赖

References

• KangXi: page 1210, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36861
• Dae Jaweon: page 1676, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3651, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8CF4

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Chinese

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trad.		賴
simp.		赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lài (lai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): luā / nāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lay
    • IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai⁶
    • Yale: laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑːi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: luā / nāi
    • Tâi-lô: luā / nāi
    • IPA (Taipei): /lua³³/, /naɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lua²²/, /naɪ²²/
  • Note: luā - vernacular, nāi - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (賴, reconstructed)
Character (賴), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 泰 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 落蓋切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɑiH/	/lɑiH/	/lɑiH/	/lɑiH/	/lajH/	/lɑiH/	/lɑiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (賴, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
賴					7631					賴					祭					1					賴					/*raːds/					本從剌聲

Definitions

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References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

賴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: らい (rai)
• Kun: たのむ (tanomu), たよる (tayoru), たより (tayori)

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Korean

Hanja

賴 (roe, noe) (hangeul 뢰, 뇌, revised roe, noe, McCune-Reischauer roe, noe, Yale loy, noy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賴 (lại, nái, trái)

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