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投 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
な(げる)na(geru)
Meaning
throw

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 (hand) + 殳 (a stick in hand) — using the hand to throw something.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō投資とうし投下とうか暴投ぼうとう
Kunなげるnageru投げるなげる身投げみなげ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 投手とうしゅ

    pitcher

  • 投書とうしょ

    letter to the editor

More words with this kanji

  • 投票とうひょう
  • 投稿とうこう
  • 投函とうかん
  • 投錨とうびょう
  • 投擲とうてき
  • 投梭とうさ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ボールを 友(とも)だちに 投(な)げました。

I threw the ball to my friend.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

投手投書投手hand書to wri…打to hit指finger持to hol…拾pick…才talent豆bean島island登climb等equal湯hot wa…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading トウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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