頼る
たよる · tayoru · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to rely on
🪢 tayoru sounds like tie your rope: you tie your rope to what you rely on
The kanji 頼 also shows up in 信頼 (shinrai, trust) and 依頼 (irai, a request), so it is the trust-and-ask kanji. Watch for 頼む (tanomu, to ask a favour): same kanji, different reading.