放 (fàng) · to put

放 (fàng) means “to put”. It is made of 方 + 攵 and has 8 strokes, and is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 放 into its parts

What 放 is made of

• 方 fāng — square
  • 亠 tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 攵 pū — to rap
  • 乂 yì — crossed strokes
    • 丿 — falling stroke

Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

放 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 放

• 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
• 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
• 放下fàngxiàto put down
• 放心fàngxīnto be at ease
• 播放bōfàngto play
• 放到fàngdàoto put (somewhere)
• 开放kāifàngto open (to the public)
• 放松fàngsōngto relax
• 放弃fàngqìto give up
• 放暑假fàng shǔjiàto have summer vacation
• 放大fàngdàto enlarge
• 放射fàngshèto radiate
• 解放jiěfàngto free
• 排放páifàngto discharge
• 释放shìfàngto release

Also built with 方

• 仿fǎngto imitate
• 妨fángdamage
• 房fángbuilding
• 施shīto grant
• 旁pángside
• 旅lǚjourney
• 旋xuánto revolve
• 族zúrace
• 旗qíbanner
• 纺fǎngto spin
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 访fǎngto visit

Quick facts

Questions about 放