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Kanji Information Sheet for 投 ( PDF version )
English: throw discard abandon launch into join invest in hurl give up sell at a loss | On-Yomi: トウ | Kun-Yomi: な.げる -な.げ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand
Henshall Mnemonic: hand strikes by throwing ax
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #236 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #236 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 投げ出す [なげだす]
(v5s) to throw down; to abandon; to sacrifice; to throw out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投資 [とうし]
(n) investment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投入 [とうにゅう]
(n,vs) (1) throw (e.g. something into somewhere); (2) investment; (3) release of a product; (4) making (an electrical circuit) [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 投票所 [とうひょうしょ]
(n) polling place [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投票箱 [とうひょうばこ]
ballot box [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投薬 [とうやく]
(n) dosage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投融資 [とうゆうし]
(n) investment and lending [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投与 [とうよ]
(n,vs) prescribing medicine; administering (medicine) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決選投票 [けっせんとうひょう]
final (decisive) vote; run-off ballot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 連投 [れんとう]
(n) pitching in consecutive games [K] [D] [Jisho] - 下手投げ [したてなげ]
(baseball) an underhand throw; (sumo) an underarm throw [K] [D] [Jisho] - 財政投融資 [ざいせいとうゆうし]
(n) treasury investment and loan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力投 [りきとう]
(n) powerful pitching [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不在者投票 [ふざいしゃとうひょう]
(n) absentee ballot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民投票 [こくみんとうひょう]
national referendum [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投げ [なげ]
(n) a throw; a fall [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投げ込む [なげこむ]
(v5m) to throw into [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無投票 [むとうひょう]
(n) without a vote [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投じる [とうじる]
(v1) to throw; to cast; to invest [K] [D] [Jisho] - 上手投げ [うわてなげ]
(baseball) an overhand throw; (sumo) a throw using the outside of the arm [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投影 [とうえい]
(n,vs) projection [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投下 [とうか]
(n,vs) throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投棄 [とうき]
(n,vs) abandonment; giving up; throwing away [K] [D] [Jisho] - 好投 [こうとう]
(n) good (nice) pitching [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投機 [とうき]
(n) speculation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投球 [とうきゅう]
(n,vs) pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball [K] [D] [Jisho] - 完投 [かんとう]
(n,vs) going the whole distance; pitching a whole game [K] [D] [Jisho] - 投稿 [とうこう]
(n,vs) contribution; submission [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.