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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lai4
- English meanings
- to depend on, to hang on in a place, bad, to renege (on promise), to disclaim, to rat (on debts), rascally, to blame, to put the blame on, surname Lai, variant of 賴|赖[lai4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 剌; right 贝.
Meaning & sound clues
贝 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “money”.
剌 is identified as the sound component (lá). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 赖.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
come
sound; music
wild weed; used in place names
rely; blame; deny
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Related words
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- 依赖
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