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放 — to put; to place; to release

to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out

Pinyin
fàng
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 放: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

放 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 放 in the HSK syllabus: 29

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 放fàngto put; to place; to release; to free; to let goHSK 3
  2. 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday or vacationHSK 3
  3. 放心fàngxīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at easeHSK 3
  4. 放学fàngxuéto dismiss students at the end of the school dayHSK 3
  5. 播放bōfàngto broadcast; to transmitHSK 4
  6. 放弃fàngqìto renounce; to abandon; to give upHSK 4
  7. 放松fàngsōngto relax; to slacken; to loosenHSK 4
  8. 存放cúnfàngto deposit; to store; to leave in sb's careHSK 5
  9. 开放kāifàngto bloom; to open; to be open; to open upHSK 5
  10. 摆放bǎifàngto set up; to arrange; to lay outHSK 6
  11. 发放fāfàngto provide; to give; to grantHSK 6
  12. 放大fàngdàto enlarge; to magnifyHSK 6
  13. 放飞fàngfēito allow to flyHSK 6
  14. 解放jiěfàngto liberate; to emancipate; liberationHSK 6
  15. 排放páifàngto arrange in order; to emit; to dischargeHSK 6
  16. 释放shìfàngto release; to set free; to release; to expressHSK 6
  17. 放过fàngguòto let off; to let slip byHSK 7–9
  18. 放宽fàngkuānto relax; to ease; to extend; to let out; to expandHSK 7–9
  19. 放射fàngshèto radiate; radioactiveHSK 7–9
  20. 放水fàngshuǐto turn on the water; to let water outHSK 7–9
  21. 放肆fàngsìwanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudentHSK 7–9
  22. 放映fàngyìngto project; to showHSK 7–9
  23. 放置fàngzhìto putHSK 7–9
  24. 放纵fàngzòngto indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissiveHSK 7–9
  25. 燃放ránfàngto light; to set offHSK 7–9
  26. 停放tíngfàngto park; to moor; to leave sthHSK 7–9
  27. 投放tóufàngto input; to throw in; to unloadHSK 7–9
  28. 有的放矢yǒudì-fàngshǐlit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrowsHSK 7–9
  29. 绽放zhànfàngto blossomHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.