投掷 (tóuzhì) · to throw

投 tóu · to throw

What 投 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 殳shū — tool
  • 几jǐ — small table
    • 丿 — falling stroke
    • 乙yǐ — second
  • 又yòu — and

Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 殳 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

掷 zhì · to throw

What 掷 is made of

• 扌shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 郑zhèng — state in today's Henan
  • 关guān — frontier pass
    • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 天tiān — sky
  • 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
    • 丨 — vertical stroke