放 Stroke Order — How to Write 放

Stroke Order

放 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 攵, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

放 Radical and Character Components

Components:方攵

放 is a phono-semantic compound: 攵 (let go) carries the meaning, while 方 indicates the sound.

Radical: 攵 + 4 more strokes

放 Pronunciation and Pinyin

fàng

Meanings of 放 in Chinese

fàng放

To release; to set free; to let go; to relax restrictions; to give full vent to (emotions, voice etc.).

他们在大草原上纵情放歌，尽情享受自由。

They sang freely and heartily on the vast grasslands, fully enjoying their freedom.

To dismiss, release, or let out, as in finishing work/school, going on holiday, or the weather clearing up.

下周我们就要放假了。

We'll be on holiday next week.

To let livestock, especially sheep, graze in the wild. It can also metaphorically mean to neglect or allow someone or something to act freely without supervision (as in '放羊').

牧民在宽广的草原上放羊。

Shepherds are herding sheep on the vast grassland.

To banish or exile (someone) to a distant place.

那个罪犯被放逐到荒岛上。

That criminal was banished to a desolate island.

To send someone to a lower-level unit, a local branch, or a less central position, often for experience or to delegate responsibilities.

公司决定把这位资深经理下放到分公司锻炼。

The company decided to send this senior manager down to the branch office for training.

To emit, discharge, or release (e.g., electricity, light, or a substance).

萤火虫在夜晚放光。

Fireflies emit light at night.

To lend money, typically with interest; to provide loans.

一些银行专门向小型企业放贷，帮助它们发展。

Some banks specialize in lending money to small businesses to help them develop.

to expand; to enlarge; to widen

你能不能把这张图片再放大一点？

Could you enlarge this picture a bit more?

To bloom, to blossom (as flowers); to burst forth or express (emotions, as in joy or excitement).

听到好消息，她心花怒放，高兴得跳了起来

Hearing the good news, her heart bloomed with joy, and she jumped up happily.

To put, place, or set aside; to let go or abandon; to feel at ease or rest assured.

你放心吧，这件事情我会处理好的。

Don't worry, I will handle this matter well.

To extend or reach to; to encompass a certain range or limit, often implying a wide scope or an extreme extent, as in 'to apply universally' or 'from head to toe'.

这份报告的内容放之四海而皆准。

The content of this report is universally applicable.

Common Words and Phrases with 放

fàng放àn暗jiàn箭

to stab someone in the back; to make an underhand or treacherous attack.

小王经常在背后对同事放暗箭，这种行为让人非常不齿。

Xiao Wang often stabs his colleagues in the back, which is a truly despicable behavior.

fàng放dá达

Unconventional and unrestrained, often disregarding social norms or etiquette.

他为人放达不羁，不拘泥于世俗的规矩。

He is unrestrained and unconventional, not confined by worldly rules.

fàng放dà大

To make something larger in size, volume, or scope; to enlarge, magnify, or amplify.

你可以通过放大屏幕来仔细观察细节。

You can enlarge the screen to carefully observe the details.

fàng放dài贷

to make loans; to lend money

这家银行主要业务是向中小企业放贷。

This bank's main business is granting loans to small and medium-sized enterprises.

fàng放dǎn胆

Act boldly and confidently.

如果你有好的想法，就应该放胆去尝试，不要害怕失败。

If you have a good idea, you should boldly go and try it, don't be afraid of failure.

fàng放dàn诞

Unrestrained and unconventional.

他偶尔的放诞言行，常常让传统的长辈感到有些惊讶。

His occasional unrestrained and unconventional words and deeds often surprise the more traditional elders.

fàng放dàng荡

Dissolute; dissipated; indulging excessively in sensual pleasures without moral restraint.

他过着放荡不羁的生活，对未来没有规划。

He leads a dissolute and uninhibited life, without any plans for the future.

fàng放diāo刁

To act unscrupulously or in a rascally manner to make difficulties for someone.

他总是喜欢在小事上放刁，想方设法占别人的便宜

He always likes to act like a rogue in small matters, trying every means to take advantage of others.

fàng放dú毒

To release poison or poisonous gas; metaphorically, to spread harmful ideas or make vicious remarks.

为了报复，有人在农田里放毒，导致大量农作物死亡。

To retaliate, someone poisoned the farmland, causing a large number of crops to die.

fàng放fēi飞

to release to fly or take off

塔台指挥员放飞了航班。

The tower controller cleared the flight for takeoff.

fàng放fēng风

To ventilate; to allow prisoners out for exercise or fresh air; to leak or spread information.

长时间待在室内，感觉有点闷，出去放放风，呼吸一下新鲜空气吧。

Having stayed indoors for a long time, it feels a bit stuffy, let's go out to get some fresh air and breathe.

fàng放gāo高lì利dài贷

To lend money at excessively high interest rates, often illegally; to practice usury.

为了避免陷入经济困境，我们应该远离那些专门放高利贷的机构。

To avoid falling into financial distress, we should stay away from institutions that specialize in lending money at usurious rates.

fàng放gào告

an old official practice of allowing people to submit complaints or lawsuits by posting public notices

每逢初一十五，县衙都会放告，让受屈的百姓有机会陈述冤情。

On the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month, the county yamen would open to receive petitions, allowing the common folk who had suffered injustice an opportunity to present their grievances.

fàng放gē歌

to sing loudly and freely

在海边，他们尽情地放歌，庆祝毕业。

By the sea, they sang loudly and freely, celebrating their graduation.

fàng放gōng工

To knock off or get off work.

我通常六点钟放工回家

I usually finish work at 6 PM and go home.

fàng放hǔ虎guī归shān山

To let an enemy or a dangerous person escape, thus inviting future trouble or calamity.

对那些屡教不改的捣蛋鬼，如果只是口头批评了事，无异于放虎归山，他们迟早还会惹出更大的麻烦。

For those habitual troublemakers who never learn, merely giving them a verbal reprimand is akin to letting a tiger return to its mountain, and they will inevitably cause greater problems sooner or later.