投
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to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 投
- Common rank
- #541
- Unicode
- U+6295
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Formation & memory
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How 投 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 殳 sound ()
How to remember it
throw · Heisig RSH #646
fingers + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 投
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石投大海 | to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea; to vanish forever without trace | |
| 话不投机 | (idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see ey… | |
| 意气相投 | congenial | |
| 南投县 | Nantou County in central Taiwan | |
| 南投市 | Nantou city in central Taiwan, capital of Nantou county | |
| 自投罗网 | to walk right into the trap | |
| 亚投行 | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, abbr. for 亞洲基礎設施投資銀行|亚洲基础设施投资银行[Ya4 zhou1 Ji1 chu3 S… | |
| 五体投地 | to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb | |
| 情投意合 | (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial | |
| 投机者 | speculator | |
| 北投区 | Beitou, a district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan | |
| 投影中心 | center of projection | |
| 投放市场 | to put sth on the market | |
| 走投无路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | |
| 投保人 | policy holder; insured person | |
| 一举手一投足 | every little move; every single movement | |
| 全情投入 | to put one's heart and soul into | |
| 投中 | to hit the target with one's throw; (basketball) to score | |
| 先发投手 | (baseball) starting pitcher | |
| 投生 | reborn (of departed spirit); to be reincarnated; to leave home for a new life |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 殳 — compare how they read.