放学
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
放学 (fàngxué) · to finish school for the day
放学 (fàngxué) means “to finish school for the day”. It is written with 2 characters: 放 (to put) + 学 (to study). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 放学 is built
The characters
放 fàng · to put
What 放 is made of
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
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)
学 xué · to study
What 学 is made of
- ⺍ — three-stroke
- 冖mì — cover
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
放学后我们去打球。Fàngxué hòu wǒmen qù dǎqiú.After school we go and play ball.
你们几点放学？Nǐmen jǐ diǎn fàngxué?What time do you finish school?
Questions about 放学
What does 放学 mean?
放学 (fàngxué) means “to finish school for the day”.
How do you pronounce 放学?
放学 is pronounced fàngxué.
Which HSK level is 放学?
放学 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 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
Learn 放学 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 17: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.