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投 = 扌 + 殳

投 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “throw”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 殳 (weapon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 762.

Keyword
throw
RTK frame
762
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
な.げる, -な.げ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бросать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
投 throw

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 殳 weapon

How to find 投 without knowing its reading

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

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