放

fàng

put, release, free, liberate

How to write 放, stroke by stroke

to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)

Pictophonetic: semantic 攵 (let go), phonetic 方

Made of 方 + 攵

放弃fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
放下fàng xiàto lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
放开fàng kāito let go; to release
放松fàng sōngto relax; to slacken; to loosen
放心fàng xīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
放手fàng shǒuto let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand
释放shì fàngto release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge
放过fàng guòto let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth
放进fàng jìnto put into
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
开放kāi fàngto bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949

在那里放下来。
zài nà lǐ fàng xià lái 。
Set it down there.
我想要按摩。我需要放松。
wǒ xiǎng yào àn mó 。 wǒ xū yào fàng sōng 。
I want a massage. I need to relax.
公司放弃了那个项目。
gōng sī fàng qì le nà ge xiàng mù 。
The company abandoned that project.
国王下令把囚犯释放。
guó wáng xià lìng bǎ qiú fàn shì fàng 。
The king ordered that the prisoner should be set free.
把扑克牌放在橡木桌上。
bǎ pū kè pái fàng zài xiàng mù zhuō shàng 。
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.