to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of

= + : Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg have been stranded in front of the space station. They both depend on a single kilt to keep them warm.

依 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

= 𧘇 + : Mnemonic symbol: kilt.

= 𧘇 + : In front of the space station, Maud Younger doesn't have a wardrobe, but just a step ladder. It's still enough for her kilt though, which she can just put over the ladder so that it doesn't lose its form, and her beret, which she puts on top of the ladder.
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

Characters with 依 as component

依 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 依

as before / still
Yi'an county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
to depend on sth for existence / dependent on
to comply with / to obey
to regret leaving / reluctant to part / (onom.) young leaves stir gently in the wind
to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady River, the main river of Myanmar
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
to rule according to the law
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma) / also written 伊洛瓦底
to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
in accordance with

Sentences with 依

yi̅
lǎo
chén
kàn
lái
 
 
bù
rú
xié
dài
zhào
shu̅
 
 
zhào
ta̅
shàng
tia̅n