# 依 — depend on; request

依 means “depend on; request”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: イ (i), エ (e). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: depend on; request
- On'yomi: イ (i), エ (e)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Links & order

## How to remember 依

Sounds like 衣: both read イ.

Parts: 亻 person · 衣 garment

## Don't confuse it with

[袋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/bag/) · [衣](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/garment/) · [夜](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/night/) · [衰](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/decline/)

## More in the “Links & order” set

[介](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/mediate/) · [類](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sort/) · [順](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sequence/) · [絡](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/entwine/) · [依](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/depend-on/) · [互](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/reciprocal/) · [緒](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/cord/) · [較](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/contrast/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/depend-on/. Last updated 2026-11-01.