# 投 — Throw

Frequency rank 443 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 参 (Participate), less common than 突 (Stab).

- On’yomi: とう
- Kun’yomi: な
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 7

Fingers (fingers) extend on the left and a weapon (weapon) sits on the right — the fingers grip the weapon and throw it through the air, hurling it at the target.

In words:

- 投げる なげる — to throw or cast away
- 投票 とうひょう — voting,poll
- 投書 とうしょ — letter to the editor,letter from a reader,contribution

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