放 fàng let go; release
Made up of [方 fāng square; honest; upright radical 70, 攵 suī rap radical 66]Made with 8 strokes.
The phonetic 'fang' this time is on the right side with 'rap' giving some idea of use of a hand
Related characters
Also uses 方 fāng component: 访 fǎng (to visit) 纺 fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; 房 fáng (house) ; 防 fáng (to protect) ; 旅 lǚ (trip) ; 施 shī (to grant) ; 族 zú (clan)
Also uses 攵 suī component: 故 gù (happening) 徽 huī (emblem) ; 教 jiào (religion) ; 教 jiāo (to teach) ; 散 sàn (to scatter) ; 效 xiào (effect) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 致 zhì (to send)
Different tone
方 fāng (square) ; 匚 fāng (basket) ; 房 fáng (house) ; 防 fáng (to protect) ; 访 fǎng (to visit) ; 纺 fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng Full flowering of joy州官放火 zhōu guān fàng huǒ Bewailing pompous and incompetent officials. The story is that an official who did not want his name 'Deng' to be used in any official proclamation. The problem arose when the Lantern or 'Deng' festival was to be announced. Instead of 'Deng' he used the character for Fire instead and so announced the coming of Fire throughout the town - causing widespread alarm.