投 — Chinese character
投
tóu
to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 殳
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 殳
- Japanese
- 投 as a kanji
Common words with 投
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投资 (投資) | tóu zī | investment; to invest |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into; to put into |
| 投票 | tóu piào | to vote; to cast a vote |
| 投诉 (投訴) | tóu sù | to lodge a complaint |
| 投资者 (投資者) | tóu zī zhě | investor |
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender |
| 投机 (投機) | tóu jī | congenial; agreeable; to speculate; to profiteer |
| 投资人 (投資人) | tóu zī rén | investor |
| 投产 (投產) | tóu chǎn | to put into production; to put into operation |
| 公投 | gōng tóu | referendum (abbr. for 公民投票 (gōng mín tóu piào)) |
| 投放 | tóu fàng | to input; to throw in |
| 投身 | tóu shēn | to throw oneself into sth |
English words written with 投
投 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Art of War 5 · Zhuangzi 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 50
- Art of War 5.4
- Art of War 11.23
- Art of War 11.28
- Art of War 11.40
- Art of War 11.58
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Universe
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