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扔

rēng

to throw; to throw away

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
5
Radical
手 +2
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
扔
Common rank
#3,870
Unicode
U+6254

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 扔 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 乃 sound ( nǎi )

Components 扌 乃

How to remember it

throw away · Heisig RSH #1878

fingers + fist

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 扔

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
扔下 rēng xià to throw down; to drop (bomb)
乱扔 luàn rēng to throw (sth) without due care; (esp.) to litter
扔掉 rēng diào to throw away; to throw out
互扔 hù rēng to throw (sth) at each other
扔弃 rēng qì to abandon; to discard; to throw away

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 乃 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
乃 sound part nǎi then; really, indeed, after all
奶 nǎi milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother
尕 gǎ small (used in place names)
艿 nǎi taro
氖 nǎi neon
鼐 nài incense tripod