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

  • 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.

  • 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.
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