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扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
扔 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

扔 Stroke Order — How to Write 扔

Stroke Order

扔 is written in 5 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 扌, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

扔 Radical and Character Components

Components:扌乃

扔 is a phono-semantic compound: 扌 (hand) carries the meaning, while 乃 indicates the sound.

Radical: 扌 + 2 more strokes

扔 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • rēng

Meanings of 扔 in Chinese

1

rēng扔

to throw; to toss; to cast (e.g., a ball)
把垃圾扔进垃圾桶里。
Throw the trash into the trash can.
To throw away; to discard; to get rid of.
请把这些旧杂志扔掉吧。
Please throw away these old magazines.
To throw or fling something with great force, often after a preparatory action like pulling or gathering momentum, similar to rolling up one's sleeves before exerting effort.
他使出全身力气，把大石头扔进了河里。
He gathered all his strength and flung the large stone into the river.
To destroy or break something, often by throwing it forcefully.
他生气地把花瓶扔到地上，花瓶碎了。
He angrily threw the vase to the ground, and it shattered.
When pronounced rēng, this character can be an archaic or less common variant of '仍' (réng), meaning 'still; as before; yet'.
尽管时间流逝，我心扔在此地。
Although time flows away, my heart is still here.

Common Words and Phrases with 扔

1
rēng扔qì弃
To abandon or discard something.
他决定扔弃旧杂志，为新书腾出空间。
He decided to discard the old magazines to make space for new books.

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Questions about 扔

What does 扔 mean in Chinese?

扔 (rēng) means “to throw” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 扔?

扔 is pronounced rēng in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 扔 have?

扔 has 5 strokes.

How do you write 扔?

扔 is written in 5 strokes, starting from the radical 扌. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 扔?

The radical of 扔 is 扌, and 扔 is a phono-semantic compound.