放fàng
to release, to liberate, to free. 8 strokes, radical 攵, first met in HSK 2.
What 放 is made of
方 (fāng, square) and 攵 (pū, to rap).
攵 carries the meaning — let go — and 方 carries the sound.
How to write 放
Strokes 1–4 write 方, then strokes 5–8 write 攵.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 放
Words that use 放
| 放下 | to put down, to set aside 把手里拿着的东西放到一边 回到家，他放下书包就去帮妈妈做饭。As soon as he got home, he put down his backpack to help Mum cook. Lesson 22, 好办法 · 繁弦急管与民生日用 · Community Living, Daily Care & Festive Rhythms |
| 放心 | to feel reassured, at ease 心里不再担心，感到安定 听到孩子平安到家，妈妈才放心。Only after hearing the child got home safely did Mum feel reassured. Lesson 22, 好办法 · 繁弦急管与民生日用 · Community Living, Daily Care & Festive Rhythms |
| 播放 | to play back 把录好的声音或画面放出来给人看 老师在课堂上播放了一段动画。The teacher will play a short animation in class. Lesson 145, 广电传播 · 交通出行与现代通讯 · Transportation, Urban Transit & Telecommunications |
| 开放 | open to the public 允许大家自由进入或使用 新公园今天正式向公众开放。The new park is now officially open to the public. Lesson 146, 新闻传达与公开 · 交通出行与现代通讯 · Transportation, Urban Transit & Telecommunications |
| 放到 | to put into 把东西拿去某个地方摆好 他把脏衣服放到洗衣机里。He picked up the dirty clothes and put them in. Lesson 165, 家居整理与空间 · 服饰穿着与生活器物 · Attire, Daily Wear & Household Objects |
| 放松 | to relax completely 让紧张的身心变得轻松 他坐在车厢里品茶放松心情。He sat in the carriage sipping tea to relax. Lesson 278, 时代奔涌与风华气象 · 时代潮涌与家国人文 · Civic Humanity, Cultural Customs & Modern Infrastructure |
| 放大 | to enlarge, magnify, amplify 指使物体的图像或范围变得更大 显微镜把细菌的形态放大了数百倍。The microscope magnified the bacteria's shape hundreds of times over. Lesson 419, 析理化解 · 宏规大略与厚生利民 · Grand Governance & Civic Welfare |
| 放弃 | to give up, abandon 指主动舍弃某种权利、想法或行动 面对困难，他们绝不轻易放弃。Facing difficulty, they never gave up easily. Lesson 419, 析理化解 · 宏规大略与厚生利民 · Grand Governance & Civic Welfare |
| 解放 | to liberate, free up 指使人或事物摆脱束缚获得自由 新流程极大解放了作业生产力。The new process greatly freed up the operational output. Lesson 442, 开拓启新 · 笃行自励与经世宏图 · Resolute Self-Mastery & Civic Governance |
| 发放 | to distribute, issue 指发给或分发出去 绿色电站清洁发电，政府足额发放民生补贴。The government fully distributed the people's livelihood subsidy. Lesson 573, 惠民利民 · 笃行实干与大爱无疆 · Civic Valor & Humanitarian Compassion |
Characters that share the sound part 方
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 攵
All 15 of them, and what the radical means, on the 攵 radical page.