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

托

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
托 means "entrust, support, rely."
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.
Onyomi

taku(たく)
Kunyomi

o.ku(おく)

o.su(おす)

tano.mu(たのむ)
Strokes

6 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
entrust support request rely hold place trust faith delegate responsibility foundation depend assign commission confide base platform assist reliable dependable

その時の私は屈托がないというよりむしろ無聊に苦しんでいた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
過去一年の間いまだかつてそんな事に屈托した覚えもなく、相変らずの元気で国へ帰ったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は朝飯とも午飯とも片付かない茶椀を手に持ったまま、どんな風に問題を切り出したものだろうかと、そればかりに屈托していたから、外観からは実際気分の好くない病人らしく見えただろうと思います。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
過去一年の間いまだかつてそんな事に屈托した覚えもなく、相変らずの元気で国へ帰ったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は朝飯とも午飯とも片付かない茶椀を手に持ったまま、どんな風に問題を切り出したものだろうかと、そればかりに屈托していたから、外観からは実際気分の好くない病人らしく見えただろうと思います。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha