投资
tóuzī · HSK 4
investment
💰 投资 = throw/cast (投) + capital/funds (资)
投 means to throw or cast (as in 投票 cast a vote); 资 means capital or funds (also in 资金, 资本). Together: to cast funds — i.e. invest. The 投 component carries the sense of deliberately putting something out there toward a target.
投 — hand radical 扌 + weapon 殳
Originally a pictograph of a hand (扌) throwing or hurling a weapon or staff (殳). The core meaning 'to throw, cast, hurl' extended over time to figurative senses like 'to invest,' 'to deliver,' or 'to throw oneself into' something.
tóu zī · HSK 5
to invest
💰 投 = throw/cast + 资 = funds/capital; cast your funds into something
投 means to throw or cast (also seen in 投票 to cast a vote), and 资 means funds or capital (as in 资金). Together: cast capital into a venture — to invest.
投 — hand radical 扌 + weapon 殳
Originally a pictograph of a hand (扌) throwing or hurling a weapon or staff (殳). The core meaning 'to throw, cast, hurl' extended over time to figurative senses like 'to invest,' 'to deliver,' or 'to throw oneself into' something.