依

依 U+4F9D, 依 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F9D ← 侜 [U+4F9C] CJK Unified Ideographs 侞 → [U+4F9E]

依 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人卜竹女 (OYHV), four-corner 2023₂, composition ⿰亻衣)

• 𠵱, 𦲤, 𤷴, 㥋

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 607
• Dae Jaweon: page 217, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 152, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4F9D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯl) : semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls).

simp. and trad.		依

Probably cognate with 倚 (OC *qralʔ, *qrals) (Wang, 1982). Perhaps 因 (OC *qin) is an allofam (Pulleyblank, 1991), though the vowels do not agree (Schuessler, 2007).

依

1. to lean on
2. to rely on; to depend on
3. to obey; to comply with; to agree to
4. according to; in accordance with; in light of; in a manner conforming to; in compliance with
5. Used in 依稀 (yīxī).
6. a surname: Yi

• (to rely on):

• (according to):

simp. and trad.		依
alternative forms		𠵱 伊 咿

Dialectal variant of 呢 (ni1).

依

1. (Cantonese) this; these

simp. and trad.		依
alternative forms		阿

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 阿?”)

依

1. (Eastern Min) Used in front of persons' given names or kinship terms to express familiarity.

For pronunciation and definitions of 依 – see 𪘲 (“to grin, to smile”). (This character is a variant form of 𪘲).

• “依”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

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• Go-on: え (e, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kun: よる (yoru, 依る)

• 依(よ)って (yotte)

Kanji in this term
依
い Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 依 (MC 'j+j).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [i]

依(い) • (i) 

1. rely on; depend on
2. according to
3. as before

   依(い)然(ぜん) ― izen ― same as before, still

Kanji in this term
依
え Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 依 (MC 'j+j).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [e̞]

依(え) • (e) 

1. rely on; depend on

依 (eum 의 (ui))

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依: Hán Nôm readings: y, e, ỷ, ỉa

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