投 – throw, discard, abandon

7 strokesTaught in grade 3#236 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 投 means throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な.げる、-な.げ (nageru, nage). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	な.げる	nageru
Kun’yomi	-な.げ	nage

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 扎・殳・几・又.

Words using 投

投げるなげるto throw投票とうひょうvoting投書とうしょletter (e.g. of complaint)投入とうにゅうthrowing in投資とうしinvestment投げ出すなげだすto throw down

Example sentences

その子は犬に石を投げた。

That child threw a stone at the dog.

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２０歳になっていれば、投票できるのに。

If I were twenty, I could vote.

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敵は新兵力を投入した。

The enemy flung fresh troops into the battle.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批捜

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