to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of

Radical: 亻 HSK 7 v, p, nr pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

依 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 依

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 依.

不依
bù yī
依云
yī yún
依亲
yī qīn
依从
yī cóng
依仗
yī zhàng
依依
yī yī
依偎
yī wēi
依傍
yī bàng
依兰
yī lán
依存
yī cún
依安
yī ān
依属
yī shǔ

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical .

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