投 Kanji for throw

N3–N2Grade 37 strokes

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

Kun: な.げる、-な.げ
On: トウ

投 is the Japanese kanji for throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss. It is written with 7 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is な.げる、-な.げ and its on reading is トウ.

Stroke order

All stroke order rules →

Words with 投

投とうじるto throw, to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
投なげるto throw, to hurl, to fling
投なげthrow, throwing
投とう資しinvestment
投とう票ひょうvoting, ballot, poll
投とう手しゅpitcher

Practice 投 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.