丢
diōu · HSK 5
put aside
🗑️ 丢 = 丿 (slash off) + 去 (go away) — slash it off, send it away
Etymology: a stroke 丿 placed atop 去 (to leave/go) — something is cut loose and sent off. The character literally combines departure with a striking-away gesture, fitting its sense of discarding or losing.
丢 — 丿 stroke + 去 (to go away)
丢 is a relatively late character formed by adding a downward stroke 丿 on top of 去 ('to go/leave'). The composition visually suggests something departing or slipping away, reinforcing the meaning 'to lose' or 'to throw away'. It is not an ancient pictograph but a modern semantic compound.