trust, request
頼 centers on relying on someone or something: trusting them, making a request, or depending on their help.
頼 is the modern simplified form of 賴. The older form combines 束 (bundle) with 貝 (shell/money), suggesting reliance on material resources. The modern 頁 shape is a simplification.
The left side 束 looks like a bundle, and the right side 頁 looks like a head. Imagine a person carrying a heavy bundle on their head, relying on someone else to help them balance it.
For ライ, imagine trusting someone to hold your bundle while you tie your shoelace: lace -> ライ, and you rely on them not to drop it.
to request; to beg; to ask
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
reliance; dependence
request; favor; favour
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; reassuring
entreaty to a deity
villainous; rascally; knavish
to request earnestly
to supplicate; to implore humbly
service reliability
relying on others; depending on others
reliance on others
client
client; requester
spirit of dependence
retaining fee; retainer
written request; request for ...; application for ...
written request