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Kanji for Rely
The kanji for “rely” is 依, read i and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
依
rely
To depend on and trust.
8 strokes On reading イ、エ (i, e) Kun reading よる (yoru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
Readings used for names on Nazuke: i, e, yo
In Japan it appears in about 1,018 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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