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托 = 扌 + 乇

托 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “receptacle”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 乇 (lock of hair). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2363.

Keyword
receptacle
RTK frame
2363
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たく.する, たの.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
requesting, сосуд
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
托 to hold up with palm

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 乇 lock of hair

How to find 托 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “lock of hair”. 托 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 托 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.