託 – consign, requesting, entrusting with

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1021 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 託 means consign, requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タク (taku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かこつ.ける、かこ.つ、かこ.つける (kakotsukeru, kakotsu, kakotsukeru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: ノ・一・乙・言.

Words using 託

委託いたくentrusting (something to a person)

Example sentences

ベンは日記を弁護士が管理するよう委託した。

Ben committed his diary to the lawyer's care.

Tatoeba #196612

Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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