漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
投: throw, discard
Also: abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
扌 carries the meaning · 殳 gives the sound
Three readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 投手とうしゅpitcher
- 投球とうきゅうpitching, bowling
- 投書とうしょletter to the editor
- 投稿するとうこうするcontribute, submit
- 投資するとうしするinvest
- 投入するとうにゅうするthrow, invest
- 投棄するとうきするabandon, give up, throw away
- 投影するとうえいするproject (a film)
- 投票するとうひょうするcast a vote, vote [v.i.]
なげるnageru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 投げるなげるthrow
-なげ-nage · kun'yomi
- 身投げするみなげするthrow oneself into water to die
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 投網とあみcasting net
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand, as 扌 (meaning) + 殳 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 投 (rev. 93448364), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
Connections
The 殳 sound family doesn't share one reading.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tóu
Same form: 投 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 投 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 投 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tóu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.