tóu
throw
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 殳 represents the sound.
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Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
tóu
throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump; to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
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