Chinese Character 投 Meanings and components.

Form

投

Meaning

投 meaning[3] in English

To Cast.

To Send.

To Throw Oneself (Into The River Etc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 投 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QHNE

How to write 投

To write投tou2to cast you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 殳 = 投

投 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 投 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 投, looks as follow:

投
Pinyin:tou2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cast . To Send . To Throw Oneself (Into The River Etc) . To Seek Refuge . To Place Oneself Into The Hands Of
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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