托

See also: 託, and 乇

托 U+6258, 托 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6258 ← 扗 [U+6257] CJK Unified Ideographs 扙 → [U+6259]

Translingual

Han character

托 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手竹心 (QHP), four-corner 5201₄, composition ⿰扌乇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 417, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11793
• Dae Jaweon: page 764, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1830, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6258

Chinese

Glyph origin

	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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 乇 (OC *ʔr'aːɡ)

Etymology 1

trad.		托
simp. #		托

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 托
Mandarin	Beijing	/tʰuo²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/tʰuo⁴⁴/ 委～ /tʰuo²⁴/ ～著
	Tianjin	/tʰuo²¹/
	Jinan	/tʰuə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/tʰuə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/tʰuo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/tʰuo²¹/
	Xining	/tʰu⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/tʰuə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/tʰuə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/tʰuɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/tʰuo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/tʰo³¹/
	Guiyang	/tʰo²¹/
	Kunming	/tʰo³¹/
	Nanjing	/tʰoʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/tʰuɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tʰuaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/tʰʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/tʰuaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/tʰoʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/tʰoʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/tʰoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/tʰo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/tʰɔʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/tʰo⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/tʰo²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/tʰo²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/tʰɔʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/tʰok̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/tʰok̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tʰɔk̚³/
	Nanning	/tʰɔk̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/tʰɔk̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tʰɔk̚³²/ /tʰuʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tʰɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/tʰɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tʰoʔ²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ho⁵⁵/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	托
Reading #	1/1
No.	16916
Phonetic component	乇
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːɡ/
Notes	同拓

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tuō (tuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tǒ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): to̊q

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³
• Gan (Wiktionary): toh⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tog⁵
• Jin (Wiktionary): tuah⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): tŏ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thok / thuh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): toh⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷thoq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): to²

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: to²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: to
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: tǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: to̊q
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): toq⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʔ⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tok³
    • Yale: tok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: toh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔʔ⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰɔk̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tuah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuaʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok / thuh
    • Tâi-lô: thok / thuh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tog, tuq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²/, /tʰuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵/, /tʰuʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²/, /tʰuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²/, /tʰuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²/, /tʰuʔ³²/

Note:

• thok - literary;
• thuh - vernacular (“to support with one's palm; to prop on”).

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: toh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thoh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷thoq
    • MiniDict: thoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴thoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰoʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰoʔ⁴³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /tʰoʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: to²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo¹³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːɡ/

Definitions

托

1. to hold in the hand; to support with one's palm
2. to serve as foil; to set off; to contrast
3. support; base; saucer
4. torr (unit of pressure)
5. (Cantonese, euphemistic) Short for 托柒.
6. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to prop on; to lean on (a pole, stick, or anything elongated as a fulcrum)

Compounds

• 一托氣／一托气
• 一托頭／一托头
• 不托
• 不負所托／不负所托
• 仗托
• 付托 (fùtuō)
• 倚托
• 假托 (jiǎtuō)
• 入托 (rùtuō)
• 全盤托出／全盘托出
• 反托拉斯
• 和盤托出／和盘托出 (hépántuōchū)
• 啞子托夢／哑子托梦
• 土托魚／土托鱼 (tǔtuōyú)
• 土托魚羹／土托鱼羹
• 奧依托格拉克／奥依托格拉克 (Àoyītuō Gélākè)
• 布倫托海／布伦托海
• 布里斯托 (Bùlǐsītuō)
• 幼托 (yòutuō)
• 托依堡勒迪 (Tuōyī Bǎolèdí)
• 托克扎克 (Tuōkèzhākè)
• 托克遜／托克逊 (Tuōkèxùn)
• 托兒所／托儿所 (tuō'érsuǒ)
• 托名 (tuōmíng)
• 托地
• 托塔天王
• 托夢／托梦 (tuōmèng)
• 托大
• 托子 (tuōzi)
• 托實／托实
• 托幼 (tuōyòu)
• 托木吾斯塘 (Tuōmù Wúsītáng)
• 托柒
• 托格日尕孜 (Tuōgérì Gǎzī)
• 托熟
• 托爾斯泰／托尔斯泰 (Tuō'ěrsītài)
• 托生 (tuōshēng)
• 托盤／托盘 (tuōpán)
• 托福 (tuōfú)
• 托缽／托钵
• 托缽人／托钵人
• 托老中心
• 托老院
• 托育 (tuōyù)
• 托胎
• 托胡拉 (Tuōhúlā)
• 托腮 (tuōsāi)
• 托膽／托胆
• 托色
• 托葉／托叶
• 托葷鹹食／托荤咸食
• 托詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 托賴／托赖
• 托足
• 托辣斯
• 托領／托领
• 托墨
• 投托
• 指親托故／指亲托故
• 推托 (tuītuō)
• 摩托
• 摩托自行車／摩托自行车 (mótuō zìxíngchē, “moped”)
• 摩托船
• 摩托車／摩托车 (“motorcycle, motorbike”)
• 槍托／枪托 (qiāngtuō)
• 浮托
• 烘托 (hōngtuō)
• 烏托邦／乌托邦 (wūtuōbāng)
• 烘雲托月／烘云托月
• 皮托管 (Pítuōguǎn)
• 相托
• 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè)
• 終身有托／终身有托
• 結托／结托 (jiétuō)
• 膘爾托闊依／膘尔托阔依 (Biāo'ěrtuōkuòyī)
• 花托 (huātuō)
• 茶托 (chátuō)
• 落托 (luòtuò)
• 襯托／衬托 (chèntuō)
• 設言托意／设言托意
• 貝那芬托／贝那芬托
• 負圖之托／负图之托
• 賴索托／赖索托 (Làisuǒtuō)
• 重托 (zhòngtuō)
• 鎗托／枪托
• 阿克托海 (Ākètuōhǎi)
• 阿托品 (ātuōpǐn)
• 鼻托 (bítuō)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 托 – see 託 (“to entrust; to commit to someone's care; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 託).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 托 – see 拓 (“(Hokkien) to uncover someone's secret or private matter”). (This character is the simplified form of 拓).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 托

托

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. to entrust with; to request

Readings

• Go-on: たく (taku)
• Kan-on: たく (taku)
• Kun: たのむ (tanomu, 托む)

Korean

Hanja

托 (eum 탁 (tak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

托: Hán Nôm readings: thác, thách, thốc, thước, thướt

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