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How do you read 依存 in Japanese?
Relying on something for support.
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HINTShow hint
Relying on something else to function. 存 has more than one accepted reading here.
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person radical beside 衣 kanji
kanji like 在 with 子 below
依 followed by 存 meaning reliance
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依: 8 strokes; radical 亻 (person). 存: 6 strokes; radical 子 (child). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
依8 strokes / radical: 亻 (person)
存6 strokes / radical: 子 (child)
Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.
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The answer is
いそん
ison / izon
依存
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English translationDependence / reliance
Relying on something else, such as another person’s help, resources, or a condition that supports an activity.
See it in a sentence
この町の移動は、一本のバス路線に大きく依存している。Transport in this town depends heavily on a single bus route.
A way to remember
Both ison and izon are recorded. Kanjipedia uses ison as its headword and explicitly also gives izon.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 依存
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Name what provides the support
Use に to name the support, as in 経験に依存する or 一人の担当者に依存する. This makes the dependency clear.
例：特定の人の記憶に依存しないよう、作業の手順を書き残した。
We documented the procedure so it would not depend on one person’s memory.
Do not reject one recorded reading
Both readings are shown as answers. They do not indicate different senses here: each expresses reliance.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 依存
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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