Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 剌 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "profit". The meaning later shifted to "rely on" and "blame".
Components
Traditional (賴)
Simplified (赖)
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Similar Characters
喇 flared horn瘌 severe赖 rely (simp)辣 spicy hot寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true
Historical Evolution
赖
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
赖
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
赖
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
赖
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
赖
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
赖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
赖 / 賴 [Lài]
surname Lai
赖 / 賴 [lài]
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
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (51)
依赖 [yīlài] #5,565
to depend on
不赖 [bùlài] #3,744
(coll.) not bad
信赖 [xìnlài] #6,729
to trust
无赖 [wúlài] #7,231
hoodlum
赖斯 [Làisī] #38,157
Rice (name)
赖床 [làichuáng] #17,204
to have a lie-in
有赖于 [yǒulàiyú] #38,496
to rely on
耍赖 [shuǎlài] #23,572
to act shamelessly
赖昌星 [LàiChāngxīng] #21,928
Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008
抵赖 [dǐlài] #22,969
to refuse to admit (what one has done)
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KOREAN WORDS (2)