扔 (rēng) — to throw, toss; to throw away

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扔 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

扔＝扌＋乃

ㄖㄥ · rēng

verb — to throw, toss; to throw away

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義the hand

乃聲nǎi — "then, so"; gives the soundthe n swung all the way to r

{n,r,l}ITnǎi → rēng — the {n,r,l} crossing, tone too

The hand (扌) lets a thing fly — to throw. 乃 nǎi carries only the sound, swung from n to r; it lends no meaning, just the noise. So 扔球 pitches, 扔掉 throws away.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）一揚，東西脫手飛走，頭也不回。

The hand (扌) flings up, the thing leaves it and sails off, no looking back.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)扔、扔掉— to throw; to throw away常用

→扔下— to abandon — thrown down and left

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension