掷

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to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 郑 sound ( zhèng )

Components 扌郑

hurl · Heisig RSH #2923

fingers + 郑 Zheng

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
掷地有声	zhì dì yǒu shēng	lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); fig. (of one's words) powerful …
一掷千金	yī zhì qiān jīn	lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly;…
千金一掷	qiān jīn yī zhì	lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly;…
孤注一掷	gū zhù yī zhì	to stake all on one throw
掷色	zhì shǎi	to throw the dice
投掷	tóu zhì	to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
掷还	zhì huán	please return (an item sent in the mail)
掷杯	zhì bēi	see 擲筊\|掷筊[zhi4 jiao3]
掷骰子	zhì tóu zi	to throw the dice
豪掷	háo zhì	to spend (a large amount of money)
抛掷	pāo zhì	to throw; to toss
掷筊	zhì jiǎo	(folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiao3 bei1], with the positions of the…

Characters sharing the sound component 郑 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
郑 sound part	zhèng	state in today's Henan; surname
踯	zhí	to hesitate, to waver; irresolute