Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
放
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
放
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
放
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
放
Regular
Modern
Chinese
放 [fàng]
to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
放 はなし
Hanashi place name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
放弃 [fàngqì] #666
to renounce
放弃 [fàngqì] #666
to renounce
放松 [fàngsōng] #765
to loosen
放松 [fàngsōng] #765
to loosen
放下 [fàngxià] #963
to lay down
开放 [kāifàng] #4,568
to bloom
开放 [kāifàng] #4,568
to bloom
放开 [fàngkāi] #1,090
to let go
放开 [fàngkāi] #1,090
to let go
放心 [fàngxīn] #2,180
to feel relieved
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 放つ [はなつ] #1,400
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.)
⭐ 解放 [かいほう] #1,623
release
放っておく [ほうっておく] #2,297
to leave alone
⭐ 放す [はなす] #2,470
to release
⭐ 放置 [ほうち] #2,519
leaving as is
⭐ 放課後 [ほうかご] #3,454
after school (at the end of the day)
手放す [てばなす] #3,775
to let go of
⭐ 放る [ほうる] #4,021
to throw
言い放つ [いいはなつ] #4,237
to declare
⭐ 放棄 [ほうき] #4,604
abandonment
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