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Kanji Detail for 托 - "entrust, support, request"

托

  • Meaning

    托 means "entrust, support, request."

    1. Entrust - To give responsibility to; to rely on.

    2. Support - To hold up; to place on a surface.

    3. Request - To ask for assistance.

  • Four-character idioms with 托

    • 一蓮托生 いちれんたくしょう Listen sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

  • Tattoo check: 托

    • Verified meaning: entrust, support, request
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    requesting; entrusting with; pretend; hint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to hold up with palm; to support, rely on

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1]); torr (unit of pressure)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Lifting with the palm is 托. Originally written as 拓. Also written as 託. Such as 和盤托出, meaning hiding nothing. | A tray. Such as teacup holders being 茶托.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    taku(タク) タク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    taku.suru(たく-する) たく-する

    tano.mu(たの-む) たの-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    entrust support request rely on place aid ask assist consign delegate depend hold hand give back

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