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(fàng) - to put, to place, to let go, to release in Mandarin

fàng

Traditional: 放

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HSK 3
#340 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to put, to place, to let go, to release

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound: 攵/攴 (the 'strike, action' radical) gives the sense of an action, and 方 (fang) supplies the sound. The character means 'to put, to release, to let go'.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
攵 (action radical) + 方 (fang, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 放

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Examples

。

Put the book on the table.

！

Let me go!

，。

The holiday has started and everyone is happy.

。

School is on holiday today.

。

Please leave the window open.

放 (fàng) - to put, to place, to let go, to release.

Appears in 8 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 放.

放在fàng zàito put in, to place at放弃fàng qìto give up, to abandon放下fàng xiàto put down, to let go of放开fàng kāilet go, release, set free放松fàng sōngrelax, loosen up放心fàng xīnto set one's mind at rest, to rest assured放手fàng shǒuto let go, to give a free hand, to release one's grip释放shì fàngto release, to set free, to let out

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