掷

擲

zhì

#2,609 most

frequent character

to toss, to throw dice

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

掷 pairs 扌, a hand, with 郑 zhèng as the sound part. It first meant to throw. That grew to fling or hurl. The sound link is unclear in Mandarin.

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Homophones

rule, govern, manage, cure

to, till, until, extremely

sign, mark, to record

to record, to write a footnote

character, nature, quality, plain

aspiration, ambition, the will

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