Kanji N3

投: throw, discard, abandon

投 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning throw, discard, abandon, written with 7 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and なげる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 投票 (とうひょう, voting) and 投げる (なげる, to throw).

投

Meanings

  • throw
  • discard
  • abandon
  • launch into
  • join
  • invest in
  • hurl
  • give up
  • sell at a loss
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#236 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • なげる
  • -なげ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 投

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 投票とうひょう

    voting; ballot; poll; vote

    JLPT N3
  • 投げるなげる

    to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast

    JLPT N4
  • 投資とうし

    investment

    JLPT N1
  • 投書とうしょ

    letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor

    JLPT N2
  • 投入とうにゅう

    throwing in; inserting

    JLPT N1
  • 投げ出すなげだす

    to throw down; to throw out

    JLPT N1
  • 投手とうしゅ

    pitcher

  • 投球とうきゅう

    pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.