擲 zhì throw Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 鄭 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 鄭 鄭 Sound component zhèng state in today's Henan Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangdeɡUnicodedjhiɛk Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 掷 zhì throw Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 郑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擲. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 郑 郑 Sound component zhèng state in today's Henan Sources Readings & variants Unicode