乇

乇 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹心 (HP), four-corner 2071₄, composition ⿱丿七)

• 仛, 吒, 圫, 奼, 𰌝, 𢖲, 托, 汑, 𤜤, 𮤹, 𢩷, 𣅒, 杔, 𣧃, 灹, 𪺩, 𤣯, 𦘴, 𤰦, 𭽉, 矺, 秅, 𧘐, 籷, 𦨎, 虴, 託(讬), 𧯝, 𧲢, 𧿌, 𰹊, 𫒇, 飥(饦), 馲(𱄽), 𩨛, 魠(𱇏), 𪌂, 𪐞
• 𬼇, 𫾧, 𠣔, 𤫪, 𢏒, 𩑒(𱂠), 𩱾, 𭆿, 宅, 𦬃, 𮃸, 𡨉, 亳, 䨋, 𠅢, 厇, 㡯, 𤴱, 𪣓, 𢫅, 𬦛, 𤍡, 𢯀, 𣓽, 𩸼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 120
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 32, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E47

Historical forms of the character 乇
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script   s04457 Transcribed ancient scripts   L28274   L28275
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Two theories exist:

• According to Xu Zhongshu (徐中舒), it's a tool similar to 力 (a knife) to divide things in half.

• According to Lin Yiguang (林義光), it's the pictogram of grass growing; a root is visible at the bottom of the character.

乇

1. (obsolete) blade of grass; leaf

Borrowed from English torr.

乇

1. (obsolete) torr

• 托 (tuō) (current glyph)

乇

1. (Eastern Min) thing; stuff
2. (Gutian Eastern Min) what

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to depend on
2. to entrust with

• Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
• Kan-on: たく (taku)

乇 • (tak) (hangeul 탁, revised tak, McCune–Reischauer t'ak, Yale thak)

1. to request
2. leaf