rely on

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

奇 sound component

  Sound component

  

strange

Evolution

倚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
倚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
倚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rely on, depend on; lean heavily; to lean on; to rely upon

Most common words with 倚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to lean on

倚靠

to lean on

不偏不倚

even-handed

倚重

to rely heavily upon

倚仗

to lean on