To Request or to Rely On

by Nao

tano-mu, tano-moshii, toyo-ru, rai

To request something is tano-mu. Somebody reliable and full of promise is described as tano-moshii. To rely on somebody is tayo-ru. The suffixes, mu, moshii, and ru are all in hiragana. They are called okurigana.

Related compounds are irai (request), and shinrai (trust or reliance). The i of irai means to rely on. The shin of shinrai means to believe.

1. Begin to draw the left-hand side of the character. Draw the horizontal stroke.
2. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
3. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle. This is a hook.
4. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
5. Draw the vertical line.
6. Draw the sweeping stroke from where the fourth and fifth strokes intersect to the lower left-hand corner of the character.
7. Draw the dot on the right of the vertical stroke.
8. Begin to draw the right-hand side. Draw the top horizontal stroke.
9. Draw the dot. This dot goes toward the next stroke.
10. Draw the vertical line, which is the left side of the rectangle.
11. Draw the right-angled hook.
12. Draw the upper horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
13. Draw the lower horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
14. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
15. Draw the sweeping dot below the left side of the rectangle.
16. Draw the dot in the lower right-hand corner of the character.