IDENTITY
放fàngto put; to release; to play (audio)
HSK 1Top 200
CORE MEANING
to put; to release; to play (audio)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to put; to placeHSK1
- 2.to play (music); school breakHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 攵strike radical (pū)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰方攵
- gives the sound fàng
- hand with a stick; acting
USAGE
Common words
放学fàngxuéschool is out
放心fàngxīnto relax; to be at ease
放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
Graded examples
他放学后回家。Tā fàngxué hòu huíjiā.HSK2
He goes home after school.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The hand (攵) letting go toward the side (方) — releasing, putting down.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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