掷
to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,926 U+63B7
How 掷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 郑 (phonetic, zhèng)
How to remember it
hurl · Heisig RSH #2923
fingers + 郑 Zheng
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 郑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 郑 (zhèng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郑 sound component | zhèng | state in today's Henan; surname |
| 踯 | zhí | to hesitate, to waver; irresolute |
Words containing 掷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掷地有声 | zhì dì yǒu shēng | lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); fig. (of one's words) powerful … |
| 一掷千金 | yī zhì qiān jīn | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly;… |
| 千金一掷 | qiān jīn yī zhì | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly;… |
| 孤注一掷 | gū zhù yī zhì | to stake all on one throw |
| 掷色 | zhì shǎi | to throw the dice |
| 投掷 | tóu zhì | to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin) |
| 掷还 | zhì huán | please return (an item sent in the mail) |
| 掷杯 | zhì bēi | see 擲筊|掷筊[zhi4 jiao3] |
| 掷骰子 | zhì tóu zi | to throw the dice |
| 豪掷 | háo zhì | to spend (a large amount of money) |
| 抛掷 | pāo zhì | to throw; to toss |
| 掷筊 | zhì jiǎo | (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiao3 bei1], with the positions of the… |