Radical
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
tóu
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
7 strokes
Mandarin
tóu

Definitions by reading

dao5
Mandarin equivalent tóu
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng dao5 Chenghai dao5 Jieyang dao5 Raoping dao5 Shantou dao5
①掷:投石
②跳进去:投井
③走向:弃暗投明
④放入:投资
⑤递送:投稿
⑥相合:情投意合
⑦迎合:投机
⑧投诉:相投
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
定母 一等 口 侯韵 平声 度侯切
Reconstruction:
Original

託也,弃也,合也。說文:擿也。亦姓。郇伯,周畿內侯,桓王伐鄭,投先驅以策,其後氏焉。漢有光祿投調。又漢複姓,有投壺氏。風俗通云:晉中行穆子相投壺,因以氏焉。姓苑云:東莞人也。