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放 U+653E, 放
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653E
← 攽
[U+653D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 政 →
[U+653F]

Translingual

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Han character

放 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人大 (YSOK), four-corner 08240, composition ⿰方攵)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 469, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13133
  • Dae Jaweon: page 818, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1451, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+653E
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 放, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paŋʔ, *paŋs): phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ) + semantic 攵 (“hand, action”) – an action, release.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • piong - vernacular;
  • fong - literary.
  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

放

  1. to release; to free; to liberate
  2. to let out; to let go; to launch; to shoot
    放鞭炮  ―  fàng biānpào  ―  to set off firecrackers
  3. to put; to place; to set down
    把書本放在桌子上。 [MSC, trad.]
    把书本放在桌子上。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bǎ shūběn fàng zài zhuōzi shang. [Pinyin]
    Place the books on the desk.
  4. to lay aside
  5. (of a flower) to open out
  6. to expand; to enlarge; to extend
  7. to cause to fall down; to knock down
  8. to put on; to play (a recording)
    放音樂／放音乐  ―  fàng yīnyuè  ―  to play music
  9. to take livestock out to feed on grass; to graze; to put out to pasture; to herd
    • 1949, 劉廷雙, quotee, “文盲農民的成績”, in 林漢達, editor, 新文字手冊 [Sin Wenz Shouce], 1st edition, 中華書局出版 [Zhonghua Shugy Chuban], page 29:
      我(Wo)從(cung)八歲(ba-suei)到(dao)十一(sh-i)歲(suei)，在(zai)堡(Pu)石(Sh)圖(Tu)張(Zhang)洪貴(Hung-guei)家(gia)放(Fang) ((fang))豬(Zhu) ((zhu))，二(r)年(nian)。十一(Sh-i)歲(suei)到(dao)十三(sh-san)歲(suei)，在(zai)茂林(Maolin)東(dung)孟移屯(Mengjituen)劉(Liu)長春(Chang-Chuen)家(gia)放(fang)馬(ma)。
      我從八歲到十一歲，在堡石圖張洪貴家放豬，二年。十一歲到十三歲，在茂林東孟移屯劉長春家放馬。 [Northeastern Mandarin, trad.]
      我从八岁到十一岁，在堡石图张洪贵家放猪，二年。十一岁到十三岁，在茂林东孟移屯刘长春家放马。 [Northeastern Mandarin, simp.]
      Wǒ cóng bāsuì dào shíyīsuì, zài Pùshítú Zhāng Hóngguì jiā fàngzhū, èrnián. Shíyīsuì dào shísānsuì, zài Màolín dōng Mèngyítún Liú Chángchūn jiā fàngmǎ. [Pinyin]
      From eight years of age to eleven years of age, I served as a swineherd for Zhang Honggui at Pushitu for two years. From eleven years of age to thirteen years of age, I served as a groom for Liu Changchun at East Mengyitun, Maolin.
  10. to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle
  11. to distribute; to hand out; to issue; to dispense
  12. to lend (to allow to be used temporarily)
  13. (Cantonese) unbridled; without restraints or limits
    佢哋尋晚玩得好放。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢哋寻晚玩得好放。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 dei6 cam4 maan5 waan2 dak1 hou2 fong3. [Jyutping]
    They played without limits last night.
  14. (Sichuanese) to betroth (one's daughter) to somebody
  15. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cause; to make
  16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to banish; to exile
  17. (Teochew, Singapore Hokkien) at (used after a verb)
Synonyms
  • (to put):
Dialectal synonyms of 放 (“to put; to place”) [map]
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  • (to cause to fall down): 放倒 (fàngdǎo)
  • (to take livestock out to feed on grass): 放牧 (fàngmù)
  • (to ignite):
  • (to distribute):
  • (to betroth one's daughter to somebody): 許配／许配 (xǔpèi)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (放):
  • → Vietnamese: phóng (放)

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

放

  1. alternative form of 仿 (“to imitate; to resemble”)
  2. to base on
  3. to reach
  4. a surname, Fang

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 放 – see 方 (“parallel; side by side; parallel boats; raft made of bamboo; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 方).

References

  • “放”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “放”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 25.
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “放”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 276.
  • 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “放”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 464.
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Japanese

Kanji

放

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. set free
  2. release
  3. fire
  4. shoot
  5. emit
  6. banish
  7. liberate

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 放 (MC pjangH). Recorded as Middle Korean 방 (pang) (Yale: pang) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

  • (in 방학 (放學, banghak)):
  • (to release; to shoot; to banish; etc.):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pa̠(ː)ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [방(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

放 (eumhun 놓을 방 (no'eul bang))

  1. hanja form? of 방 (“to release; to let go; to emit”)
  2. hanja form? of 방 (“to shoot; to fire”)
  3. hanja form? of 방 (“to banish; to exile”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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