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托

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 託|托[tuo1]); torr (unit of pressure)

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #390 U+6258

How 托 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

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

components: 扌 乇

How to remember it

entrust · Heisig RSH #1424

fingers + fur ball

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 托

WordPinyinMeaning
布里斯托尔 Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr Bristol port city in southwest England
托罗斯山 Tuō luó sī shān Taurus mountains of south Turkey
罗斯托克 Luó sī tuō kè Rostock (city in Germany)
托马斯 Tuō mǎ sī Thomas (male name)
托拉斯 tuō lā sī trust (commerce) (loanword)
托拉尔 tuō lā ěr (loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007; tolar, silver coin that served as the ma…
反托拉斯 fǎn tuō lā sī antitrust (loanword)
托尔金 Tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord…
布里斯托 Bù lǐ sī tuō Bristol
托卡马克 tuō kǎ mǎ kè (physics) (loanword) tokamak
托里县 Tuō lǐ Xiàn Toli, a county in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
波托马克河 Bō tuō mǎ kè Hé Potomac River
安纳托利亚 Ān nà tuō lì yà Anatolia; Asia Minor
马尼托巴 Mǎ ní tuō bā Manitoba province, Canada
普利托里亚 Pǔ lì tuō lǐ yà Pretoria, capital of South Africa (Tw)
罗斯托夫 Luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the …
托木尔 Tuō mù ěr Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border betwe…
萨克拉门托 Sà kè lā mén tuō Sacramento
托生 tuō shēng to be reincarnated; to be reborn
托儿 tuō ér childcare