掷 — Chinese character
掷
zhì
to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 郑
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 郑
- Traditional
- 擲
Common words with 掷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投掷 (投擲) | tóu zhì | to throw sth a long distance; to hurl |
| 孤注一掷 (孤注一擲) | gū zhù yī zhì | to stake all on one throw |
| 掷地有声 (擲地有聲) | zhì dì yǒu shēng | lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating |
| 抛掷 (拋擲) | pāo zhì | to throw; to toss |
| 一掷千金 (一擲千金) | yī zhì qiān jīn | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant |
| 掷骰子 (擲骰子) | zhì tóu zi | to throw the dice |
| 千金一掷 (千金一擲) | qiān jīn yī zhì | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant |
| 掷杯 (擲杯) | zhì bēi | see 掷筊 (zhì jiǎo) |
| 掷筊 (擲筊) | zhì jiǎo | (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯 (jiǎo bēi), with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer |
| 掷色 (擲色) | zhì shǎi | to throw the dice |
| 掷还 (擲還) | zhì huán | please return (an item sent in the mail) |
| 豪掷 (豪擲) | háo zhì | to spend (a large amount of money) |
English words written with 掷
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.