Read Edit View history 放 fàng HSK1 put Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas fàng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 放 Simp strokes 放 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 攵 is a component form of 攴. Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 放 Simp strokes 放 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 放 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 295, 780 ], [ 401, 725 ], [ 437, 681 ] ], [ [ 126, 500 ], [ 175, 493 ], [ 447, 551 ], [ 507, 545 ] ], [ [ 336, 383 ], [ 355, 388 ], [ 420, 369 ], [ 440, 355 ], [ 454, 332 ], [ 391, 142 ], [ 362, 90 ], [ 325, 59 ], [ 223, 122 ] ], [ [ 314, 489 ], [ 337, 470 ], [ 338, 459 ], [ 286, 349 ], [ 215, 247 ], [ 171, 196 ], [ 121, 144 ], [ 59, 94 ] ], [ [ 626, 805 ], [ 648, 791 ], [ 664, 770 ], [ 644, 665 ], [ 626, 610 ], [ 592, 542 ], [ 520, 444 ] ], [ [ 592, 499 ], [ 615, 509 ], [ 727, 524 ], [ 827, 555 ], [ 860, 559 ], [ 889, 553 ] ], [ [ 688, 487 ], [ 720, 470 ], [ 731, 450 ], [ 719, 350 ], [ 683, 242 ], [ 645, 183 ], [ 604, 143 ], [ 538, 103 ], [ 467, 79 ] ], [ [ 530, 364 ], [ 579, 332 ], [ 712, 159 ], [ 806, 73 ], [ 896, 45 ], [ 989, 26 ] ] 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