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托

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See also: 託 and 乇
托 U+6258, 托
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6258
← 扗
[U+6257] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 扙 →
[U+6259]

Translingual

Han character

托 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手竹心 (QHP), four-corner 52014, composition ⿰扌乇)

Derived characters

  • 𠱹, 𣴜, 𰺸, 𭥮, 𰞌, 𫊴, 𭐹, 𲇌, 𮡛, 𢭑, 𫵟, 𮅈, 𬻙, 𡱩, 𣨰

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 417, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11793
  • Dae Jaweon: page 764, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1830, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6258
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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰaːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 乇 (OC *ʔr'aːɡ)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Note:
  • thok - literary;
  • thuh - vernacular (“to support with one's palm; to prop on”).
  • Dialectal data
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

托

  1. to hold in the hand; to support with one's palm
  2. to serve as foil; to set off; to contrast
  3. support; base; saucer
  4. torr (unit of pressure)
  5. (Cantonese, euphemistic) short for 托柒
  6. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to prop on; to lean on (a pole, stick, or anything elongated as a fulcrum)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 托 – see 託 (“to entrust; to commit to someone's care; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 託).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 托 – see 拓 (“(Hokkien) to uncover someone's secret or private matter”).
(This character is the simplified form of 拓).
Notes:
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Kanji

托

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. to entrust with; to request

Readings

  • Go-on: たく (taku)
  • Kan-on: たく (taku)
  • Kun: たのむ (tanomu, 托む)、おす (osu, 托す)、おく (oku, 托く)

Korean

Hanja

托 (eum 탁 (tak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

托: Hán Nôm readings: thác, thách, thốc, thước, thướt

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