Dong Chinese dictionary

tuō

trust, rely on

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

tuō, zhé

to depend on

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tuō

entrust, rely on; commission; variant of 託|托[tuō]

tuō

to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee

Most common words with 託

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