托 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タク
Kun (native)
  • たく(する)
  • たの(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音tuo1
  • 한글tag
  • Hán-ViệtThác

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6258

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌乇

Words using this kanji

  • 托鉢たくはつ修行の僧が、鉢を持ち経文を唱えながら家々を回り、米や金銭の布施を受けること。religious mendicancy, asking for alms, monk's begging, going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)
  • 托卵たくらんある鳥が種類が異なる別の鳥の巣に産卵し、その鳥に卵を抱かせて(抱卵させて)孵化させ、雛を育てさせること。 不倫相手に子供を産ませ夫の子として育てさせること。brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)
  • 托子たくすsaucer (for a teacup)
  • 托葉たくよう植物の葉柄やその基にある葉のようなもの。stipule
  • 托鉢僧たくはつそうmendicant priest
  • 托鉢修道会たくはつしゅうどうかいmendicant orders

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-3
Four Corner
5201.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c3.3
Heisig
2363
Nelson
1835