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CHINESE CHARACTER

rēng

扔

扔

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to throw

Numbered pinyin
reng1
English meanings
to throw, to throw away

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 乃.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    乃

Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

乃 is identified as the sound component (nǎi). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 扔.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌乃

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    rēng扔lājī垃圾。

    Throw away the trash.

  2. 02

    bié别luàn乱rēng扔。

    Don't litter.

  3. 03

    rēng扔guòlai过来。

    Throw it over.

  4. 04

    rēng扔diào掉le了。

    Threw it away.

  5. 05

    rēng扔xiàqu下去。

    Throw it down.

  6. 06

    rēng扔qiú球。

    Throw the ball.

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