Read Edit View history Discussion 赖 lài HSK6 depend on Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 剌 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "profit". The meaning later shifted to "rely on" and "blame". Simplified form of 賴. Pinyin Separate values with commas lài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 賴 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 赖 Simp strokes 赖 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 赖 Simp strokes 赖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 赖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 208, 601 ], [ 218, 596 ], [ 258, 597 ], [ 405, 632 ], [ 441, 631 ] ], [ [ 156, 474 ], [ 189, 440 ], [ 216, 327 ] ], [ [ 198, 477 ], [ 219, 468 ], [ 358, 498 ], [ 407, 516 ], [ 437, 515 ], [ 468, 491 ], [ 445, 422 ], [ 430, 417 ] ], [ [ 234, 340 ], [ 249, 352 ], [ 365, 378 ], [ 418, 387 ], [ 472, 382 ] ], [ [ 285, 803 ], [ 312, 782 ], [ 334, 754 ], [ 335, 744 ], [ 331, 343 ], [ 326, 186 ], [ 314, 78 ], [ 317, -6 ] ], [ [ 306, 342 ], [ 282, 274 ], [ 244, 225 ], [ 193, 169 ], [ 95, 89 ] ], [ [ 376, 283 ], [ 440, 244 ], [ 461, 214 ] ], [ [ 631, 827 ], [ 643, 820 ], [ 658, 797 ], [ 649, 759 ], [ 582, 637 ], [ 534, 580 ] ], [ [ 635, 678 ], [ 690, 699 ], [ 705, 697 ], [ 735, 707 ], [ 768, 693 ], [ 709, 589 ], [ 658, 521 ] ], [ [ 541, 522 ], [ 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