投
投 — Throw
throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiなげる (nageru)
Kun’yomi-なげ (nage)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 投
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投資 | とうし toushi | investment |
| 投手 | とうしゅ toushu | pitcher |
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting; ballot; poll |
| 国民投票 | こくみんとうひょう kokumintouhyou | national referendum |
| 投球 | とうきゅう toukyuu | pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket) |
| 完投 | かんとう kantou | going the whole distance; pitching a whole game |
Study notes
投 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #236 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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