tuō

trust, rely on

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

乇 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

tuōzhé

  

to depend on

Evolution

託 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
託 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
託 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
託 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
託 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

tuō

entrust, rely on; commission; variant of |[tuō]

() 

tuō

to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee

Most common words with 託
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拜托

please!

prop

委托

to entrust

摩托车

motorbike

托管

trusteeship