Read Edit View history 賴 làiLài HSK6 depend on Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 剌 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "profit". The meaning later shifted to "rely on" and "blame". Pinyin Separate values with commas lài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 赖 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 賴 Simp strokes 賴 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint In ancient China shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 賴 Simp strokes 賴 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 賴 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 183, 645 ], [ 254, 647 ], [ 383, 686 ], [ 433, 687 ] ], [ [ 140, 526 ], [ 165, 507 ], [ 174, 491 ], [ 204, 371 ] ], [ [ 190, 527 ], [ 208, 518 ], [ 350, 549 ], [ 412, 569 ], [ 430, 567 ], [ 460, 540 ], [ 438, 473 ], [ 417, 458 ] ], [ [ 220, 385 ], [ 230, 395 ], [ 390, 430 ], [ 430, 435 ], [ 463, 430 ] ], [ [ 277, 811 ], [ 304, 790 ], [ 326, 761 ], [ 322, 314 ], [ 306, 82 ], [ 309, -2 ] ], [ [ 297, 388 ], [ 275, 318 ], [ 229, 253 ], [ 165, 179 ], [ 78, 101 ] ], [ [ 377, 322 ], [ 443, 280 ], [ 459, 253 ] ], [ [ 539, 749 ], [ 582, 741 ], [ 790, 788 ], [ 816, 782 ], [ 828, 768 ], [ 823, 735 ], [ 808, 676 ], [ 793, 648 ], [ 766, 623 ], [ 721, 647 ] ], [ [ 637, 728 ], [ 650, 716 ], [ 651, 703 ], [ 638, 674 ], [ 588, 608 ], [ 546, 572 ] ], [ [ 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