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Chinese symbol for “hurl”

投掷
tóu zhì
Traditional: 投擲
to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hurl is 投掷 (tóu zhì), defined as: to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

投 tóu
to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
掷 zhì
to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 投掷.

WordPinyinMeaning
投资 (投資)tóu zīinvestment; to invest
投入tóu rùto throw into; to put into
投票tóu piàoto vote; to cast a vote
投诉 (投訴)tóu sùto lodge a complaint
投资者 (投資者)tóu zī zhěinvestor
投降tóu xiángto surrender
孤注一掷 (孤注一擲)gū zhù yī zhìto stake all on one throw
掷地有声 (擲地有聲)zhì dì yǒu shēnglit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating

See also: Japanese symbol for “hurl”.

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.

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