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投 な.げる、-な.げ 投資(とうし): investment投票(とうひょう): voting; poll投書(とうしょ): letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution投入(とうにゅう): (1) throwing into; inserting; depositing (2) investment; putting in (personnel, etc.) (3) release of a product (4) making (an electrical circuit)投げ出す(なげだす): (1) to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs) (2) to abandon; to resign (3) to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life) (4) to start to throw投げる(なげる): (1) to throw; to cast away (2) to face defeat; to give up 3 手: hand殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 手 4 (none) throw If you use the primitive "semen" (flying in the wind from your crotch) instead of missile then all kanjis with this primitive will hilariously create a perfect story.

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トウ throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss 3 236 7 64 て・てへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Well, you usually use your fingers to throw objects used as missile weapons. Easy. By the way, for those of you looking for a less anachronistic image for the missile primitive as a modern rocket, try a slingshot. it´s a crotch (originally a tree branch) that sends missile projectiles flying into/like the wind. And for this present kanji, it is something you naturally use with your fingers... 762

Kanji	投
Onyomi	トウ
Kunyomi	な.げる、-な.げ
English	throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Examples	投資(とうし): investment 投票(とうひょう): voting; poll 投書(とうしょ): letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution 投入(とうにゅう): (1) throwing into; inserting; depositing (2) investment; putting in (personnel, etc.) (3) release of a product (4) making (an electrical circuit) 投げ出す(なげだす): (1) to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs) (2) to abandon; to resign (3) to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life) (4) to start to throw 投げる(なげる): (1) to throw; to cast away (2) to face defeat; to give up
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	236
Components	手: hand 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	throw
Koohii Story 1	Well, you usually use your fingers to throw objects used as missile weapons. Easy. By the way, for those of you looking for a less anachronistic image for the missile primitive as a modern rocket, try a slingshot. it´s a crotch (originally a tree branch) that sends missile projectiles flying into/like the wind. And for this present kanji, it is something you naturally use with your fingers...
Koohii Story 2	If you use the primitive "semen" (flying in the wind from your crotch) instead of missile then all kanjis with this primitive will hilariously create a perfect story.
RTK Index (new)	762

Throw Give Missile Primitive Letter 投 トウ な.げる、 な.げ

Throw Give Missile Primitive Letter 投トウな.げる、な.げ