Throw

On’yomi: とう
Kun’yomi: な
Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
School grade: 3
Strokes: 7

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

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

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 awayN4

投票とうひょう voting,pollN3

投書とうしょ letter to the editor,letter from a reader,contributionN2

投 is rank 443 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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