扔

rēng

to throw

to throw away

hand (扌) + phonetic (乃) = throw something away

The hand radical grounds the meaning in physical action. 乃 contributes the sound rēng and carries no semantic weight here.

扌+乃→扔

乃A classical particle meaning 'then'Phonetic

扌HandSemantic

他把球扔给了我。

tā bǎ qiú rēng gěi le wǒ。

He threw the ball to me.

这些旧东西可以直接扔掉吗？

zhè xiē jiù dōng xi kě yǐ zhí jiē rēng diào ma？

Can these old things just be thrown away directly?

乱扔

luàn rēng

to throw (sth) without due care; (esp.) to litter

互扔

hù rēng

to throw (sth) at each other

扔下

rēng xià

to throw down

扔掉

rēng diào

to throw away

扔弃

rēng qì

to abandon