投
投 — tu
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
Parts that make up 投
How 投 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 投 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 殳.
Korean example words with 投
- 투항投降 Korean gloss: 적에게 항복함
- 투발投發 Korean gloss: 내던져 폭발시킴
- 투력投力 Korean gloss: 물건을 던지는 힘
- 투약投藥 Korean gloss: 약을 지어 주거나 씀
- 투여投與 Korean gloss: 약 따위를 남에게 줌
- 투하投下 Korean gloss: 던져 아래로 떨어뜨림
- 원투遠投 Korean gloss: 야구에서, 공을 멀리 던지는 일
- 투봉投棒 Korean gloss: 던져서 맞히기 위한 나무 몽둥이
- 투타投打 Korean gloss: 야구에서, 투구와 타격을 아울러 이르는 말
- 투매投賣 Korean gloss: 손해를 무릅쓰고 주식이나 채권을 싼값에 팔아 버리는 일
- 호투好投 Korean gloss: 야구에서, 투수가 공을 자기가 원하는 곳으로 잘 던지는 일
- 투찰投札 Korean gloss: 경매 따위에서 낙찰을 받으려고 하는 사람이 희망하는 낙찰 가격을 서면으로 제출하는 일
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 投
- 投資とうし investment
- 投票とうひょう voting; ballot; poll
- 投手とうしゅ pitcher
- 国民投票こくみんとうひょう national referendum
- 投球とうきゅう pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket)
- 完投かんとう going the whole distance; pitching a whole game
- 継投けいとう relieving the (starting) pitcher
- 好投こうとう good (nice) pitching
- 投機とうき speculation; venture; stockjobbing
- 投棄とうき abandonment; giving up; throwing away
- 投票所とうひょうしょ polling place; polling station
- 投書とうしょ letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
Characters sharing the phonetic 殳
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “투”
Other hanja with radical 手
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences