Meaning
Entrust / Consign / Leave in someone’s care / Use as an excuse
- 委託 — entrust; outsource; consign something to another
- 託児所 — daycare center; nursery
- 信託銀行 — trust bank
- 付託 — entrusting; referring a matter to someone for handling
- 嘱託 — commission; contracted assignment; adjunct staff
- 屈託 — worry; needless anxiety; fretting over small things
- 結託 — collusion; conspiring together
- 御託 — idle talk; long-winded excuses
With the speech radical 言, 託 is words you hand over for someone else to carry out — a request, a message, or a responsibility left in their care.