Chinese symbol for “throw”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for throw is 投 (tóu), defined as: to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “throw”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扔 | rēng | to throw; to throw away |
| 抛 (拋) | pāo | to throw; to toss |
| 甩 | shuǎi | to throw; to fling |
| 拽 | zhuāi | to throw; to fling |
| 投射 | tóu shè | to throw (a projectile); to cast (light) |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “throw”.
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.