扔
rēngTraditional: 扔
#1037 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to throw, to toss, to throw away
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the hand radical 扌marks the action of throwing, and 乃 (nǎi) supplies the sound, hence to throw or toss.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 扌(hand radical) + 乃 (nǎi, phonetic)
Stroke order
扔
Examples
桶。
Throw the rubbish into the bin.
。
He threw the ball to me.
乱。
Do not throw things around.
旧。
These old newspapers can be thrown away.
。
She angrily threw the letter on the floor.
扔 (rēng) means to throw, to toss, to throw away. It is a verb for tossing an object or discarding rubbish.
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