扔
rēng HSK5

throw

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 乃 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

乃
乃 Sound component
nǎi then
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“扔，因也。从手，乃聲。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1076
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)