# 頼 ask a favor

束 (bundle of sticks) + (headright)
★★★★☆
16 strokes

## Onyomi

RAI |

## Mnemonic

| I wanted to ask you a favor -- can you carry this bundle on your head? It's really LIGHT. Thanks!

## Kunyomi

たの*む | to ask someone to do something for you. You can use this when ordering food at a restaraunt, but also when asking a favor from a friend. たのむ has the nuance that the person being asked can refuse. 1/2 KANA ★★★★☆
たの＊み | a favor, a request. ★★☆☆☆
( に or を ) たよ＊る | to trust or rely on someone: Say, you're robbing a bank and you get your friend to be the getaway driver. You have to count on him to actually be waiting when you get out of the bank. ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

依頼(いらい) する | commission ★★☆☆☆ 依 (depend on) + 頼 (ask a favor) = 依頼 (commission) a request or commission. Not like 'Please pass the salt,' but like 'I'd like to hire you to make a custom suit' or to hire a lawyer or PR firm. Any relationship where you'd use the phrase "The client wants. . ... "is 依頼。
依頼人(いらいにん) | client ★☆☆☆☆ NP 依頼 (commission) + 人 (person) = 依頼人 (client)
信頼(しんらい) | trust ☆☆☆☆☆ 信 (believe) + 頼 (ask a favor) = 信頼 (trust)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
頼 | ask a favor | HEAD | 頭
額 | amount of money / forehead | EACH | 各
疎 | shun | STOP | 止

You ask a favor: that I give HEAD.

EACH of you asks for an amount of money.

So I shun you, I STOP talking to you.

## Synonyms

place an order for an item or service 依頼 頼む 注文