託
託 — Consign
consign, requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint
On’yomiタク (taku)
Kun’yomiかこつける (kakotsukeru)
Kun’yomiかこつ (kakotsu)
Kun’yomiかこつける (kakotsukeru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 託
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信託 | しんたく shintaku | trust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust |
| 委託 | いたく itaku | entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge |
| 受託 | じゅたく jutaku | being entrusted with; taking charge of |
| 請託 | せいたく seitaku | solicitation |
| 投資信託 | とうししんたく toushishintaku | investment trust; mutual fund |
| 嘱託 | しょくたく shokutaku | commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee |
Study notes
託 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1021 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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