# 託

| 託 | U+8A17, &#35351; 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 0261$_4$, 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
### 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːɡ) : semantic 言 + phonetic 乇 (OC *ʔr'aːɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tuō (tuo$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tok$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thok
* Eastern Min (BUC): táuk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): toh$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$thoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tuo
*** Wade–Giles: tʻo$^1$
*** Yale: twō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo
*** Palladius: то (to)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: to$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: to
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tok$^3$
*** Yale: tok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thok
*** Hakka Romanization System: tog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰok̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: táuk
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: toh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thoh
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$thoq
*** MiniDict: thoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$thoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰoʔ⁵⁵/
* 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 | tok$^3$ |
* 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
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd 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

* 互託肝膽／互托肝胆
* 交託／交托 (jiāotuō)
* 付託／付托 (fùtuō)
* 依託／依托 (yītuō)
* 信託／信托 (xìntuō)
* 信託基金／信托基金
* 信託資金／信托资金
* 倚官託勢／倚官托势
* 受人之託／受人之托
* 受託／受托 (shòutuō)
* 告託／告托
* 囑託／嘱托 (zhǔtuō)
* 土地信託／土地信托
* 央託／央托 (yāngtuō)
* 委託／委托 (wěituō)
* 委託書／委托书 (wěituōshū)
* 委託行／委托行
* 寄託／寄托 (jìtuō)
* 屬託／属托
* 徒託空言／徒托空言
* 懇託／恳托
* 所託非人／所托非人 (suǒtuōfēirén)
* 拜託／拜托 (bàituō)
* 推託／推托 (tuītuō)
* 攀親託熟／攀亲托熟
* 攀龍託鳳／攀龙托凤
* 棲託／栖托
* 樂託／乐托
* 櫃檯委託／柜台委托
* 沿門託缽／沿门托钵
* 矯託／矫托
* 託之空言／托之空言
* 託交／托交
* 託人情／托人情
* 託付／托付 (tuōfù)
* 託化／托化
* 託名／托名 (tuōmíng)
* 託命／托命
* 託國／托国
* 託夢／托梦 (tuōmèng)
* 託大／托大
* 託始／托始
* 託孤／托孤
* 託孤寄命／托孤寄命
* 託宿／托宿
* 託實／托实
* 託庇／托庇 (tuōbì)
* 託心／托心
* 託情／托情
* 託懷／托怀
* 託故／托故 (tuōgù)
* 託物寓興／托物寓兴
* 託生／托生
* 託疾／托疾 (tuōjí)
* 託病／托病 (tuōbìng)
* 託福／托福 (tuōfú)
* 託管／托管 (tuōguǎn)
* 託管地／托管地
* 託言／托言 (tuōyán)
* 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
* 託諷／托讽
* 託賴／托赖
* 託足／托足
* 託足無門／托足无门
* 託跡／托迹
* 託身／托身
* 託辭／托辞
* 託運／托运 (tuōyùn)
* 託附／托附
* 託食／托食
* 請託／请托
* 轉託／转托
* 辭託／辞托
* 關託／关托

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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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