Chinese symbol for “bowler”

投手

tóu shǒu

thrower; pitcher; bowler

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bowler is 投手 (tóu shǒu), defined as: thrower; pitcher; bowler.

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Characters and stroke order

投 tóu

to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest

radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

手 shǒu

hand

radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 投手.

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
手机 (手機)	shǒu jī	cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)
手段	shǒu duàn	method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability

See also: Japanese symbol for “bowler”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.