投(tóu): to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)

HSK 57 strokes

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)

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Character informationHSK 5

Pinyin: tóu
Meaning: to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
Strokes: 7
HSK level: HSK 5
Traditional: Same

Origin & structureWhere 投 comes from

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰扌殳

In this compound, the meaning comes from 扌 (hand); 殳 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

扌shǒumeaning
"hand" radical in Chinese characters…
Also in 我打找把才提
殳shūsound
ancient staff-like weapon made…
Also in 没段般设股疫

Parts are arranged left to right.

Words with 投most common first

tóu投rù入

HSK 5

v. / adj. / n.

to throw into

tóu投zī资

HSK 6

v. / n.

investment

tóu投piào票

HSK 6

to vote; to cast a vote

tóu投sù诉

HSK 6

to lodge a complaint

tóu投xiáng降

HSK 7-9

to surrender

tóu投bèn奔

HSK 7-9

to seek shelter

tóu投shè射

HSK 7-9

to throw (a projectile)

tóu投zhì掷

HSK 7-9

to throw sth a long distance

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