投 — throw, discard, abandon

とう投 throw

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes sports

U+6295 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #236 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #762 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

throw
discard
abandon
launch into
join
invest in
hurl
give up
sell at a loss

word

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

投(とう) tou throw 投(とう) 入(にゅう) tounyuu throwing in 投(とう) 手(しゅ) toushu pitcher 投(とう) じる toujiru to throw 投(とう) 下(か) touka dropping 投(とう) 球(きゅう) toukyuu pitching 投(とう) 票(ひょう) touhyou voting 投(とう) 機(き) touki speculation

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

投(な) げる nageru to throw 投(な) げかける nagekakeru to throw at 投(な) げ出(だ) す nagedasu to throw out

Appears in idioms

一石を投じる慣用句

to throw one stone

五体投地四字熟語

five, body, throw, ground

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

殳 weapon

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