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Kanji Detail for 託 - "to entrust, to rely on, pretext"

  • Meaning

    託 means "to entrust, to rely on, pretext."

    1. Entrust - To give responsibility to another.

    2. Rely on - To depend on; to count on.

    3. Pretext - An excuse; a cover story.

  • Words using

    • 信託 しんたく Listen trust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust
    • 受託 じゅたく Listen being entrusted with; taking charge of
    • 請託 せいたく Listen solicitation
    • 投資信託 とうししんたく Listen investment trust; mutual fund
    • 預託 よたく Listen depositing (of money, valuables, etc.); deposition
  • Name readings of

    Surnames (かくち)Listen (たく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    consign; requesting; entrusting with; pretend; hint

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    entrust, rely on; commission

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to commission, to entrust, to rely on

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

    To lodge. Such as staying outside is called 託足 (resting one's feet). | To entrust. Such as 請託 (making requests), 委託 (entrustment). | All shifting responsibility for matters is called 託. Such as 推託 (make excuses), 假託 (pretend).
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • The oracle was fulfilled.

  • I trusted him with all the money I had.

  • The nursery toilet door was shut.

  • We sell goods on commission.

  • He decided to trust the lawyer with the document.

  • I had to trust the captain with my life.

  • Ben committed his diary to the lawyer's care.

  • I heard that the manager entrusted with rebuilding the team was fired for tax evasion.

  • Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.

  • Some national parks offer showers and even baby-sitting services.

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