託

See also: 讬 and 托

託	U+8A17, 託 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A17

← 訖
[U+8A16]

CJK Unified Ideographs

記 →
[U+8A18]

Translingual

Han character

託 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+3, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 卜口竹心 (YRHP), four-corner 0261₄, composition ⿰訁乇)

Derived characters

𣘄, 㓃, 𨶃

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1149, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35243
Dae Jaweon: page 1615, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3941, character 11
Unihan data for U+8A17

Chinese

trad.		託/托^*
simp.		托^*
nonstandard simp.		讬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乇) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
咤	ʔr'aː, ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	ʔr'aːɡs, ʔl'aːb, ʔl'aːɡ, l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	ʔr'aːɡs, hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	hr'aː, hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	r'aː, ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	l̥ʰaːɡ, raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰaːɡ): semantic 言 + phonetic 乇 (OC *ʔr'aːɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tuō (tuo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to²
Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thok

(Hailu, HRS): tog
Jin (Wiktionary): tuah⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): táuk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thok

(Teochew, Peng'im): toh⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷thoq
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): to⁶

(Loudi, Wiktionary): tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹
  - Yale: twō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo
  - Palladius: то (to)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: to²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: to
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tok³
  - Yale: tok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thok
  - Hakka Romanization System: tog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰok̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tog
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰok⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tuah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuaʔ²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: táuk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑuʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok
  - Tâi-lô: thok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: toh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thoh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷thoq
  - MiniDict: thoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴thoq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰoʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: to⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²⁴/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊ¹³/

Middle Chinese: thak

Rime
Character	託
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他各切
Baxter	thak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰak̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑk̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tok³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰˤak/

(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	託
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tuō
Middle Chinese	‹ thak ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰˁak/
English	entrust
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	託
Reading #	1/1
No.	16917
Phonetic component	乇
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	託
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːɡ/

Definitions

託

to entrust (to someone's care); to commit (something) to someone's care
to rely on; to depend on
- 且夫乘物以遊心，託不得已以養中，至矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  且夫乘物以游心，托不得已以养中，至矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Qiěfú chéngwù yǐ yóuxīn, tuō bùdéyǐ yǐ yǎngzhōng, zhì yǐ. [Pinyin]
  Further still, let your mind find its enjoyment in the circumstances of your position; rely on the central course which you pursue, by a reference to your unavoidable obligations. This is the highest object for you to pursue.
to entrust (someone) with something; to assign responsibility for
to give as a pretext; to feign

Compounds

Japanese

See also 託する

Kanji

託

(Jōyō kanji)

consign
requesting
entrusting with
pretend
hint

Readings

Go-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
Kun: かこつ (kakotsu, 託つ)、かこつける (kakotsukeru, 託ける)、ことづかる (kotozukaru, 託かる)、よる (yoru)

Korean

Hanja

託 • (tak) (hangeul 탁, revised tak, McCune–Reischauer t'ak, Yale thak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

託: Hán Nôm readings: thác

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