Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

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

Kunyomi: な.げる -な.げ

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

手(とうしゅ)   pitcher

球(とうきゅう)   pitching, bowling

書(とうしょ)   letter to the editor

稿する(とうこうする)   contribute, submit

資する(とうしする)   invest

入する(とうにゅうする)   throw, invest

棄する(とうきする)   abandon, give up, throw away

影する(とうえいする)   project (a film)

票する(とうひょうする)   cast a vote, vote [v.i.]

げる(なげる)   throw

げする(みなげする)   throw oneself into water to die

*網(とあみ)   casting net

Onyomi Examples

トウ pitching ability, counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.), counter for casts (of a line)

トウカ throwing down, dropping, airdrop, investment

コウトウ good (nice) pitching

ケイトウ relieving the (starting) pitcher

Kunyomi Examples

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.)