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The traditional character "託" is constructed from the speech radical (言) alongside the component "乇", historically representing acts of entrusting or delivering a message through words. The character "托" incorporates the hand radical (扌) with the same phonetic element "乇", originally referring to the physical action of holding up or supporting something with the hand. Through historical usage, the meaning of "托" broadened to encompass abstract notions of entrustment and pretext, thereby assimilating the conceptual domain of "託" while retaining its foundational sense of manual support.
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我托他买一本书。
请你托住这个盘子。
她托朋友照顾她的猫。
爸爸把重要文件托付给律师。
在托儿所里，孩子们玩得很开心。
他用托盘端来了咖啡和蛋糕。
由于时间紧迫，我们必须托运行李。
政府托管的资金必须用于公共福利。