Read Edit View history Discussion 投 tóu HSK4 throw Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 殳 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tóu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 投 Simp strokes 投 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 投 Simp strokes 投 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 投 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 123, 524 ], [ 146, 520 ], [ 195, 525 ], [ 352, 578 ], [ 412, 585 ] ], [ [ 274, 798 ], [ 290, 790 ], [ 321, 758 ], [ 310, 619 ], [ 305, 109 ], [ 298, 78 ], [ 282, 47 ], [ 182, 91 ], [ 180, 98 ], [ 169, 98 ] ], [ [ 55, 252 ], [ 105, 248 ], [ 221, 340 ], [ 394, 464 ] ], [ [ 507, 719 ], [ 535, 703 ], [ 544, 677 ], [ 544, 601 ], [ 535, 543 ], [ 496, 468 ], [ 463, 432 ], [ 432, 409 ] ], [ [ 573, 685 ], [ 588, 703 ], [ 669, 734 ], [ 714, 736 ], [ 729, 720 ], [ 713, 663 ], [ 706, 605 ], [ 705, 564 ], [ 714, 532 ], [ 731, 516 ], [ 759, 507 ], [ 819, 507 ], [ 857, 518 ], [ 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678 518 577 Q 508 496 425 413 Q 415 403 426 403 Q 471 409 515 465 Q 569 526 569 625 Q 569 658 572 679 C 575 709 576 712 569 716 Z", "M 903 499 Q 918 505 908 521 Q 893 540 875 549 Q 862 556 839 545 Q 808 529 767 531 Q 742 531 733 549 Q 721 571 733 632 Q 736 671 773 708 Q 791 724 773 738 Q 749 757 722 769 Q 712 775 694 764 Q 640 736 569 716 C 540 708 543 671 572 679 Q 581 680 660 710 Q 678 720 684 717 Q 691 716 692 701 Q 679 560 686 537 Q 693 512 715 497 Q 746 478 810 480 Q 871 481 903 499 Z", "M 655 181 Q 700 241 739 335 Q 752 365 773 383 Q 792 399 780 413 Q 767 426 734 438 Q 709 447 682 433 Q 651 420 611 408 Q 571 395 503 387 Q 488 386 484 378 Q 480 371 499 363 Q 536 350 588 365 Q 651 389 663 389 Q 685 386 679 362 Q 657 271 616 215 L 592 186 Q 520 114 393 80 Q 378 76 390 67 Q 397 63 441 65 Q 498 69 563 105 Q 596 123 623 148 L 655 181 Z", "M 623 148 Q 743 15 784 11 Q 889 11 942 19 Q 978 23 975 34 Q 974 41 811 89 Q 807 92 803 92 Q 728 122 655 181 L 616 215 Q 580 249 545 287 Q 511 324 477 324 Q 461 325 457 320 Q 456 313 470 303 Q 506 282 592 186 L 623 148 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.