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放

fàng

to release, to liberate, to free

🔤 Pictophonetic: 攵 (let go) provides meaning, 方 provides pronunciation
HSK 3 8 strokes Very Common (3%)
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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

方
fāng
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
攵
pū
to rap, to tap; script; to let go
⿰方攵 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

fāng
方
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
4 strokes HSK 3
pū
攵
to rap, to tap; script; to let go
📷 Pictographic: A fist made with one's right hand
4 strokes

Words Using 放 (240)

fàng
放 ↗
HSK 3
to release / to free / to let go / to put / to place / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
fàngxīn
放心 ↗
HSK 3
to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
fàngqì
放弃 ↗
HSK 4
to renounce / to abandon / to give up
fàngsōng
放松 ↗
HSK 4
to loosen / to relax
bōfàng
播放 ↗
HSK 5
to broadcast / to transmit
kāifàng
开放 ↗
HSK 5
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
jiěfàng
解放 ↗
HSK 6
to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:[[次<cì>]]
fàngdà
放大 ↗
HSK 6
to enlarge / to magnify
fàngshè
放射 ↗
HSK 6
to radiate / radioactive
páifàng
排放 ↗
HSK 6
emission / discharge / exhaust (gas etc)
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