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Kotomora

託

consign, requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • タク

Kun'yomi

  • かこつ.ける
  • かこ.つ
  • かこ.つける

Meaning

託 centers on handing something over to another person's care or authority: consigning goods, entrusting a task, or making a request. The "pretend" and "hint" senses are extensions where one entrusts a hidden meaning or feigned intention to someone else's interpretation.

Most common words using 託

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  • 委託いたく
    N1

    entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission

  • 信託しんたく

    trust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust

  • 託するたくする

    to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care

  • 託すたくす
    N1

    to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to place under someone's care

  • 受託じゅたく

    being entrusted with; taking charge of

  • 結託けったく

    conspiracy; collusion

  • 託児たくじ

    childcare; day care

  • 供託きょうたく

    deposit

  • 嘱託しょくたく

    commission; entrusting with (work)

  • 預託よたく

    depositing (of money, valuables, etc.); deposition

  • 託宣たくせん

    oracle; revelation; divine message

  • 託つけかこつけ

    pretext; excuse

  • 神託しんたく

    oracle; revelation; divine message

  • 屈託くったく

    worry; care; concern

  • 御託ごたく

    tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

  • 付託ふたく

    committal; reference; submission (e.g. to committee); commitment

  • 寄託きたく

    deposit; entrusting

  • 住友信託銀行すみともしんたくぎんこう

    Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited

  • 託送たくそう

    consignment

  • 負託ふたく

    charging (someone) with (a responsibility); entrusting (someone) with; entrusted responsibility; mandate

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Etymology

託 combines 言 (words) with 乇, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally depicted a sprout or plant, though the exact semantic role is uncertain. The character expresses entrusting or consigning through speech.

Meaning mnemonic

Words (言) are entrusted to someone, like handing over a message. The right side 乇 looks like a person reaching out to receive something, so together they show entrusting words to another.

Reading mnemonic

For タク, imagine entrusting a package to a tack shop: tack -> タク, and you leave your words with the shopkeeper.