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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

託: consign, requesting

Also: entrusting with, pretend, hint

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 乇 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

タクtaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 信託しんたくtrust; entrusting
  • 委託いたく
  • 受託じゅたくbeing entrusted with; taking charge of
  • 請託せいたくsolicitation
  • 嘱託しょくたくcommission; entrusting with (work)
  • 預託よたくdepositing (of money, valuables, etc.)
  • 屈託くったくworry; care; concern
  • 託すたくすto entrust (someone) with

Also read かこつける, かこつ, かこつける, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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言

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乇

Also built on 乇

託 takes the 乇 family's reading, タク (taku).

Also read タク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
託 consign · 乇
vs訂 revise · 丁
託 has 乇 where 訂 has 丁.
In ChineseSimplified 侂 · traditional, as in Japanese · tuō

Japan keeps the traditional form 託; mainland China simplifies it to 侂.

Simplified
侂 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
託 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tuō most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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