投

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

トウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-な.げな.げる

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:7

JLPT:N3

Frequency:236

Vocabulary

トウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
継投	ケイトウ	relieving the (starting) pitcher
好投	コウトウ	good (nice) pitching
国民投票	コクミントウヒョウ	national referendum
投影	トウエイ	projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); reflection; cast shadow; (geometric) projection; reflection (of feelings, experiences, etc.); projection
投機	トウキ	speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
下手投げ	したてなげ	underhand throw; underarm throw
上手投げ	うわてなげ	overhand throw; a throw using the outside of the arm
身投げ	みなげ	throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
投げる	なげる	to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast; to give up; to abandon; to throw away; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
投げ込む	なげこむ	to throw into

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts

handle, entertain, thresh, strip

drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

foothold, based on, follow, therefore

assault, hit, beat, thrash

choose, select, elect, prefer

repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of