托

tuō

t+uō·1st tone

to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 6 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报折推接投护提排才

Same radical

打拉指报折推接投护提排才扬执招

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Character Decomposition

托=扌+乇

Etymology

Using one's hands 扌 for support 乇; 乇 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm

sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)

(bound form) a shill

to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of tuō)

torr (unit of pressure)

tuō

to trust

to entrust

to be entrusted with

to act as trustee

tuō

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Words with 托 448 total

to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element衬托chèn tuō to support · to bear (a weight) · to prop up承托chéng tuō background (of a painting) · backdrop · a foil (to set off something to advantage) · to offset (something to advantage)烘托hōng tuō to entrust交托jiāo tuō to pretend · to use a pretext · to make sth up · to pass oneself off as sb else · to make use of假托jiǎ tuō (loanword) motor · (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for mó tuō chē)摩托mó tuō down and out · in dire straits · unrestrained · unconventional落托luò tuō butt of a gun · stock枪托qiāng tuō full-time care (of children in a boarding nursery)全托quán tuō (of a child) to start daycare入托rù tuō to be entrusted · to be commissioned受托shòu tuō to entrust · to trust · to commission委托wěi tuō

Idioms with 托 26 total Chain

lit. to put everything out including the tray · to reveal everything · to make a clean breast of it all和盘托出hé pán tuō chū lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil · a contrasting character to a main hero烘云托月hōng yún tuō yuè

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