Definitions

tuō to commission, to entrust, to rely on

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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