Chinese Character 托 Meanings and components.

Form

托

Meaning

托 meaning[3] in English

Prop.

Support (For Weight).

Rest (E.G. Arm Rest).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 托 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and archaic variant of … (乇)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QHP

How to write 托

To write托tuo1prop you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 乇tuo1archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 乇 = 托

托 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 托 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 托, looks as follow:

托
Pinyin:tuo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Prop . Support (For Weight) . Rest (E.G. Arm Rest) . Thanks To . To Hold In One'S Hand . To Support In One'S Palm . To Give . To Base . To Commit . To Set . Torr (Unit Of Pressure)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
乇
Pinyin:tuo1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 托[Tuo1]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
七
Pinyin:qi1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Seven . 7

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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