放

fàng
HSK 3
#291 most
frequent character
to release, to free, to let go
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

放 pairs 方, meaning 'square' or 'land', with 攵, a hand gripping a whip or staff. 方 also supplies the sound. Together they gave the first sense, 'to banish'. The meaning later grew to 'to release' and 'to discard'.

Drawn as: hand holding whip; square

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Example Sentences

请把书放在桌子上。
qǐng bǎ shū fàngzài zhuōzǐ shàng 。
Please put the book on the table.
他们放了很多气球。
tāmen fàngle hěnduō qìqiú 。
They released a lot of balloons.
我想放松一下。
wǒxiǎng fàngsōng yīxià 。
I want to relax a bit.

Words with similar meanings

置zhì
to place
More formal term for putting something down.
放置fàngzhì
to set down
A compound term that indicates setting something down, often in a specific location.

Words Starting With 放

放心fàng xīn
to set one's mind at rest; to be at ease; to rest
放弃fàng qì
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
放暑假fàng shǔ jià
take summer vacation
放松fàng sōng
to loosen; to relax
放大fàng dà
to enlarge; to magnify

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