丢掉
diū​diào HSK7

lose

丢 diū lose, discard Simplified

A horizontal line, depicting an item being discarded, added to the semantically similar character 去 (leave; go).

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an item being discarded.

去
去 Meaning component
qù go away

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

铥

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode

掉 diào fall, drop

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卓
卓 Sound component
zhuó, zhuō profound
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːwʔ
deːwɢs
rneːwɢ
Unicodedhèu

說文解字

《說文》：“掉，搖也。从手，卓聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘尾大不掉。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

丟 diū lose, discard Traditional

A horizontal line, depicting an item being discarded, added to the semantically similar character 去 (leave; go).

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an item being discarded.

去
去 Meaning component
qù go away

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode