Memory phrase for the character: 掷

掷

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Meaning

to toss, to throw dice

Pronunciation

zhì

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: serious, solemn 郑 (If the mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed 关, for the village ⻏ this will be: serious.)

Mnemonic

By hand out of 丷 into the sky over the village it was tossed.

Radicals

扌	hand	Simplification of this hand 手
丷	coming out	This component is often understood as "something coming out", such as steam.
天	sky	The line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky. - Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.
⻏	village	This radical is always at the right side of the hanzi and means "village". Please note the difference to this radical 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the character.

Vocabulary

投掷	tóu zhì	to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
投掷	tóu zhì

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