託
tuō HSK6

trust, rely on

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Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
乇
乇 SoundMeaning component
tuō, zhé to depend on

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthaktʰˤak entrust

說文解字

《說文》：“託，寄也。从言，乇聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)