託

See also: 讬 and 托

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		託/托*
simp.		托*
alternative forms		讬 nonstandard simplified

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

  (Pinyin): tuō (tuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thok
• Eastern Min (BUC): táuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thok
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷thoq

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• 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/
• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thok
    • Hakka Romanization System: tog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰok̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: táuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok
    • Tâi-lô: thok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷thoq
    • MiniDict: thoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴thoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰoʔ⁵⁵/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 託

1. to entrust (to someone's care); to commit (something) to someone's care
2. 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.

3. to entrust (someone) with something; to assign responsibility for
4. to give as a pretext; to feign

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Japanese

Kanji

託

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. consign
2. requesting
3. entrusting with
4. pretend
5. 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)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 託 (thác)

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