Practice JLPT
投
JLPT N3 Kanji

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

  • JLPT N3
  • 7 strokes
  • Grade 3
  • Radical 手
  • #236 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
トウ
Kun'yomi
な.げる-な.げ

Example words

  • 投資とうしinvestment
  • 投票とうひょうvoting; poll
  • 投書とうしょletter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution
  • 投入とうにゅう(1) throwing into; inserting; depositing (2) investment; putting in (personnel, etc.) (3) release of a product (4) making (an electrical circuit)
  • 投げ出すなげだす(1) to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs) (2) to abandon; to resign (3) to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life) (4) to start to throw
  • 投げるなげる(1) to throw; to cast away (2) to face defeat; to give up