# 托

| 托 | U+6258, &#25176; 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 5201$_4$, composition ⿰扌乇)

#### Derived characters

* 𠱹, 𣴜, 𰺸, 𭥮, 𰞌, 𫊴, 𭐹, 𲇌, 𮡛, 𢭑, 𫵟, 𮅈, 𬻙, 𡱩, 𣨰

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

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tuō (tuo$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): to$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tǒ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): to̊q
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tok$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): toh$^6$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tog$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tuah$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): tŏ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thok / thuh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): toh$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$thoq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): to$^2$
* 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/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: tǒ
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: to̊q
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): toq$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʔ⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tok$^3$
*** Yale: tok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːk̚³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: toh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰɔk̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tuah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰuaʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* thok - literary;
* thuh - vernacular (“to support with one's palm; to prop on”).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit托 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /tʰuo²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /tʰuo⁴⁴/ 委～ /tʰuo²⁴/ ～著 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /tʰuo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /tʰuə²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʰuə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /tʰuo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /tʰuo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /tʰu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /tʰuə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /tʰuə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /tʰuɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /tʰuo²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /tʰo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /tʰo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /tʰo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /tʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /tʰuɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /tʰuaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /tʰʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /tʰuaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /tʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /tʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /tʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /tʰo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /tʰɔʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /tʰo⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /tʰo²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /tʰo²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /tʰɔʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /tʰok̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʰok̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /tʰɔk̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /tʰɔk̚³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /tʰɔk̚³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tʰɔk̚³²/ /tʰuʔ³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tʰɔʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰoʔ²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ho⁵⁵/ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːɡ/
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 |

#### Definitions

托
* to hold in the hand; to support with one's palm
* to serve as foil; to set off; to contrast
* support; base; saucer
* torr (unit of pressure)
* (Cantonese, euphemistic) Short for 托柒.
* (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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* 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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