投 = 扌 + 殳

投 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “throw”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 殳 (name of old weapon).

Keyword: throw
Pinyin (Mandarin): tóu
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: throw, cast, fling, pitch, бросать, cast, fling, pitch
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 投 throw

Decomposition

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扌 hand
殳 name of old weapon

How to find 投 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “name of old weapon”. 投 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 投 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.