# 放

| 放 | U+653E, &#25918; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653E |
| ← 攽 [U+653D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 政 → [U+653F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

放 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人大 (YSOK), four-corner 0824$_0$, composition ⿰方攵)

#### Derived characters

* 倣 𤊦 𥓴 䢟 敖

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 放
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 縍 | *paːŋ |
| 榜 | *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 蒡 | *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ |
| 牓 | *paːŋʔ |
| 螃 | *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ |
| 搒 | *paːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 舫 | *paːŋs, *paŋs |
| 謗 | *paːŋs |
| 雱 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 磅 | *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ |
| 霶 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 滂 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 鎊 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 髈 | *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ |
| 彷 | *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ |
| 趽 | *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs |
| 房 | *baːŋ, *baŋ |
| 篣 | *baːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 騯 | *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 傍 | *baːŋ, *baːŋs |
| 膀 | *baːŋ |
| 旁 | *baːŋ |
| 徬 | *baːŋs |
| 閍 | *praːŋ |
| 祊 | *praːŋ |
| 嗙 | *praːŋ |
| 方 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 汸 | *paŋ |
| 坊 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 邡 | *paŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 枋 | *paŋ |
| 鈁 | *paŋ |
| 蚄 | *paŋ |
| 肪 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 鴋 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 牥 | *paŋ |
| 昉 | *paŋʔ |
| 瓬 | *paŋʔ |
| 放 | *paŋʔ, *paŋs |
| 倣 | *paŋʔ |
| 芳 | *pʰaŋ |
| 淓 | *pʰaŋ |
| 妨 | *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 紡 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 仿 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 髣 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 鶭 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 訪 | *pʰaŋs |
| 防 | *baŋ, *baŋs |
| 魴 | *baŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paŋʔ, *paŋs): phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ) + semantic 攵 (“hand, action”) – an action, release.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fàng (fang$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fang$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): piong / fong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): biong$^4$ / fong$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): fon$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): bo̤̿ng / huo̤̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): bóng / huóng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bang$^4$ / horng$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pàng / hàng / hòng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^3$ / huang$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$faon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàng
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^4$
*** Yale: fàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanq
*** Palladius: фан (fan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fang$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fang
*** Sinological IPA : /faŋ²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^3$
*** Yale: fong
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔŋ³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piong / fong
*** Hakka Romanization System: biong / fong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: biong$^4$ / fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵/, /foŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: biong$^4$ / fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /piɔŋ⁵³/, /fɔŋ⁵³/
* piong - vernacular;
* fong - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit放 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /fɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /faŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /fɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /faŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /faŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /faŋ³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /faŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fɔ̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /fɑŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /fɑ̃¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /fɑŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /faŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /faŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /faŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /fã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /faŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /fɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /fɒ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xuɑŋ³⁵/ /xuə³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /fɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /fɑ̃³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /fɑ̃⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /fɑŋ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /huɔ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /fo³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /fau⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fan⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /hɔn⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fɔŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /foŋ⁵³/ 開～ /pioŋ⁵³/ ～學 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /foŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fɔŋ³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /fɔŋ³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /fɔŋ³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hɔŋ²¹/ /paŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pouŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pɔŋ³³/ /xuɔŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /huaŋ²¹³/ /paŋ²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /faŋ³⁵/ /ʔbaŋ³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: pjangH
Rime :
| Character | 放 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 甫妄切 |
| Baxter | pjangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʉɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷiɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /piuaŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /piwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*paŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 放 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjang$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋ-s/ |
| English | release; let go |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 放 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3038 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 放 |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋs/ |

#### Definitions

放
* to release; to free; to liberate
* to let out; to let go; to launch; to shoot
    放鞭炮 ― fàng biānpào ― to set off firecrackers
* to put; to place; to set down
       Bǎ shūběn fàng zài zhuōzi shang. [Pinyin]
       Place the books on the desk.
* to lay aside
* (of a flower) to open out
* to expand; to enlarge; to extend
* to cause to fall down; to knock down
* to put on; to play (a recording)
    放音樂／放音乐 ― fàng yīnyuè ― to play music
* 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)。
          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.
* to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle
* to distribute; to hand out; to issue; to dispense
* to lend (to allow to be used temporarily)
* (Cantonese) unbridled; without restraints or limits
       keoi$^5$ dei$^6$ cam$^4$ maan$^5$ waan$^2$ dak$^1$ hou$^2$ fong$^3$. [Jyutping]
       They played without limits last night.
* (Sichuanese) to betroth (one's daughter) to somebody
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cause; to make
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to banish; to exile
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Qí Xuānwáng wèn yuē: “Tāng fàng Jié, Wǔwáng fá Zhòu, yǒu zhū?” [Pinyin]
    King Xuan of Qi asked, saying, 'Was it so, that Tang banished Jie, and that King Wu smote Zhou?'
* (Teochew, Singapore Hokkien) at (used after a verb)
** 2016, 夏友庆 [Ivan Ho], 10:05 from the start, in 颜美琴 [Gan Bee Khim], director, 《欢喜就好》 [Happy Can Already!]‎, episode 2, spoken by 梁细妹 [Liang Xi Mei] (梁志强 [Jack Neo]):
       tī chhù chiū-sī kuiⁿ pàng pâng-keng tī-leh khùn--lah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       When she is [home], she's usually asleep in their room (literally, When at home, [she] is closed up in the room sleeping)

##### Synonyms

* (to put):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 置 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 放 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 擱, 放 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 放 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 放 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 擱, 放 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 擱, 放 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 擱, 放 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 放, 擱, 頓, 擺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 放 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 擺, 放 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 擱, 放 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 放, 擠, 躉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 放, 擠, 躉, 擺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 安 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 擠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 放, 跌, 躉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 𠱂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 放 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𠱂, 放 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 擺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 擱, 擺, 放 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 放 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 放 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 放 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 放 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 放 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 放 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 放 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 放 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 放 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 放 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 囥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 擱, 放 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 架, 放 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 放, 廮 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 放, 廮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𣹇, 下 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𣹇, 下 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𣹇, 下 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 放 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 下 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 放 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 放 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 放 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 放 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 安 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 擺, 放 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 安, 放, 擺, 擱 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 擺, 放 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 放 |
| Wu | Changshu | 安 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 放 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 擺 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 擺 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 擺 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 放 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 擺 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 擺 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 擺 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 擺 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 安, 擺 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 擺, 安 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 囥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 放, 擺 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 放 |
* 存放 (cúnfàng)
* 安放 (ānfàng)
* 擱 / 搁
* 擱置 / 搁置
* 擺 / 摆 (bǎi)
* 擺列 / 摆列 (bǎiliè)
* 擺放 / 摆放 (bǎifàng)
* 放置 (fàngzhì)
* 置放 (zhìfàng)
* 設 / 设 (shè)
* (to open out): 開放／开放 (kāifàng), 開／开 (kāi)
* (to expand):
* 壯大 / 壮大 (zhuàngdà)
* 廣 / 广 (literary, or in compounds)
* 張皇 / 张皇 (zhānghuáng) (literary)
* 擴充 / 扩充 (kuòchōng)
* 擴大 / 扩大 (kuòdà)
* 擴展 / 扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
* 擴張 / 扩张 (kuòzhāng)
* 開拓 / 开拓 (kāituò)
* (to cause to fall down): 放倒 (fàngdǎo)
* (to take livestock out to feed on grass): 放牧 (fàngmù)
* (to ignite):
* 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
* 燃 (rán) (literary, or in compounds)
* 發火 / 发火 (fāhuǒ)
* 點燃 / 点燃 (diǎnrán)
* 點著 / 点着 (diǎnzháo)
* (to distribute):
* 分
* 分發 / 分发 (fēnfā)
* 分給 / 分给 (fēngěi)
* 分配 (fēnpèi)
* 派
* 發 / 发
* (to betroth one's daughter to somebody): 許配／许配 (xǔpèi)

#### Compounds

* 一床三放
* 下放 (xiàfàng)
* 不放心
* 不放逸
* 不放鬆 / 不放松
* 亂放炮 / 乱放炮
* 仙人放屁
* 休牛放馬 / 休牛放马
* 倒放 (dàofàng)
* 停放 (tíngfàng)
* 公地放領 / 公地放领
* 劈牌放對 / 劈牌放对
* 吊放聲納 / 吊放声纳
* 含苞待放
* 含苞未放
* 含苞欲放
* 外放 (wàifàng)
* 大放光明
* 大放厥詞 / 大放厥词 (dàfàngjuécí)
* 大放厥辭 / 大放厥辞
* 大放悲聲 / 大放悲声
* 大放異彩 / 大放异彩 (dàfàngyìcǎi)
* 大放異采
* 大放盤 / 大放盘
* 天放
* 奔放 (bēnfàng)
* 奢放
* 存放 (cúnfàng)
* 安放 (ānfàng)
* 宏放
* 寄放 (jìfàng)
* 小放牛
* 尖端放電 / 尖端放电
* 展放
* 州官放火 (zhōuguānfànghuǒ)
* 平放
* 弧放電 / 弧放电
* 彈性放假 / 弹性放假 (tánxìng fàngjià)
* 得錢賣放 / 得钱卖放
* 心花怒放 (xīnhuānùfàng)
* 怒放 (nùfàng)
* 性開放 / 性开放
* 抒放
* 投放 (tóufàng)
* 投資放款 / 投资放款
* 抵押放款
* 押放
* 拆放市場 / 拆放市场
* 捉放曹
* 排放 (páifàng)
* 摩頂放踵 / 摩顶放踵
* 撒放
* 播放 (bōfàng)
* 撒潑放刁 / 撒泼放刁
* 撒騷放屁 / 撒骚放屁
* 擔保放款 / 担保放款
* 擺放 / 摆放 (bǎifàng)
* 攙放 / 搀放
* 收放自如
* 放下 (fàngxià)
* 放下屠刀 (fàngxiàtúdāo)
* 放下臉 / 放下脸
* 放下身段
* 放下黑臉 / 放下黑脸
* 放乖
* 放乖潑 / 放乖泼
* 放二四
* 放京債 / 放京债
* 放人
* 放人一馬 / 放人一马
* 放任 (fàngrèn)
* 放任自流
* 放任行為 / 放任行为
* 放來生債 / 放来生债
* 放倒 (fàngdǎo)
* 放倒身
* 放假 (fàngjià)
* 放停
* 放假日
* 放債 / 放债 (fàngzhài)
* 放免
* 放入 (fàngrù)
* 放冷炮
* 放冷箭
* 放出手眼
* 放刁
* 放刁把濫 / 放刁把滥
* 放刁撒潑 / 放刁撒泼
* 放利
* 放勛 / 放勋
* 放包袱
* 放印子錢 / 放印子钱
* 放參 / 放参 (fàngcān)
* 放口
* 放口風 / 放口风
* 放告
* 放告牌
* 放命
* 放哨 (fàngshào)
* 放囊的
* 放在心上
* 放在眼裡 / 放在眼里 (fàng zài yǎnlǐ)
* 放堂
* 放夜
* 放大 (fàngdà)
* 放大器 (fàngdàqì)
* 放大率
* 放大鏡 / 放大镜 (fàngdàjìng)
* 放學 / 放学 (fàngxué)
* 放定
* 放富差貧 / 放富差贫
* 放寬 / 放宽 (fàngkuān)
* 放寬心 / 放宽心
* 放封
* 放射 (fàngshè)
* 放射化學 / 放射化学 (fàngshè huàxué)
* 放射性 (fàngshèxìng)
* 放射汙染 / 放射污染
* 放射源
* 放射線 / 放射线 (fàngshèxiàn)
* 放尊重
* 放對 / 放对 (fàngduì)
* 放小菜兒 / 放小菜儿
* 放屁 (fàngpì)
* 放屁文字
* 放屁添風 / 放屁添风
* 放屁蟲 / 放屁虫 (fàngpìchóng)
* 放屁辣臊 (fàngpìlàsāo)
* 放屏
* 放山雞 / 放山鸡
* 放工 (fànggōng)
* 放帳 / 放帐
* 放平
* 放年學 / 放年学
* 放影機 / 放影机
* 放心 (fàngxīn)
* 放心不下
* 放恣
* 放情丘壑
* 放意
* 放意暢懷 / 放意畅怀
* 放慢 (fàngmàn)
* 放慢線兒 / 放慢线儿
* 放懞掙 / 放蒙挣
* 放懷 / 放怀
* 放手 (fàngshǒu)
* 放手一搏 (fàngshǒuyībó)
* 放手銃 / 放手铳
* 放教
* 放散
* 放斷鷂 / 放断鹞
* 放映 (fàngyìng)
* 放春
* 放映室
* 放映影幕
* 放映機 / 放映机 (fàngyìngjī)
* 放晴 (fàngqíng)
* 放曠 / 放旷
* 放桄兒 / 放桄儿
* 放棄 / 放弃 (fàngqì)
* 放榜 (fàngbǎng)
* 放款 (fàngkuǎn)
* 放歌
* 放步 (fàngbù)
* 放歹
* 放死放活
* 放氣 / 放气 (fàngqì)
* 放水 (fàngshuǐ)
* 放水火
* 放水燈 / 放水灯
* 放水鴨 / 放水鸭
* 放河燈 / 放河灯
* 放洋 (fàngyáng)
* 放浪 (fànglàng)
* 放浪不羈 / 放浪不羁 (fànglàng bùjī)
* 放浪形骸 (fànglàng xínghái)
* 放淤
* 放溜
* 放潑 / 放泼
* 放火 (fànghuǒ)
* 放災 / 放灾
* 放炮 (fàngpào)
* 放焰口
* 放煙幕 / 放烟幕
* 放熱反應 / 放热反应 (fàngrè fǎnyìng)
* 放燈 / 放灯
* 放爆竹
* 放牌
* 放牛 (fàngniú)
* 放牛吃草
* 放牛歸馬 / 放牛归马
* 放牛班
* 放牧 (fàngmù)
* 放牧地
* 放牧業 / 放牧业
* 放狂乖
* 放獵 / 放猎
* 放生 (fàngshēng)
* 放生會 / 放生会
* 放番
* 放療 / 放疗 (fàngliáo)
* 放盤 / 放盘
* 放目
* 放眼 (fàngyǎn)
* 放眼天下
* 放眼望去
* 放睡
* 放稅 / 放税
* 放空 (fàngkōng)
* 放空氣 / 放空气 (fàngkōngqì)
* 放空炮
* 放箭 (fàngjiàn)
* 放粥
* 放精神著
* 放紛 / 放纷
* 放線 / 放线
* 放緩 / 放缓 (fànghuǎn)
* 放縱 / 放纵 (fàngzòng)
* 放縱不拘 / 放纵不拘
* 放縱不羈 / 放纵不羁
* 放缺
* 放置 (fàngzhì)
* 放羊 (fàngyáng)
* 放翁
* 放翻
* 放聲 / 放声 (fàngshēng)
* 放聲大哭 / 放声大哭 (fàngshēng dà kū)
* 放肆 (fàngsì)
* 放肆荒唐
* 放肆話 / 放肆话
* 放腳 / 放脚
* 放腳隊 / 放脚队
* 放膽 / 放胆 (fàngdǎn)
* 放臣
* 放船
* 放良
* 放良書 / 放良书
* 放花
* 放花兒 / 放花儿
* 放花炮
* 放荒 (fànghuāng)
* 放著
* 放蕩 / 放荡 (fàngdàng)
* 放蕩不羈 / 放荡不羁 (fàngdàng bùjī)
* 放蕩任氣 / 放荡任气
* 放蕩弛縱 / 放荡弛纵
* 放虎歸山 / 放虎归山 (fànghǔguīshān)
* 放虎自衛 / 放虎自卫
* 放血 (fàngxuè)
* 放行 (fàngxíng)
* 放解
* 放言
* 放言高論 / 放言高论
* 放話 / 放话 (fànghuà)
* 放誕 / 放诞 (fàngdàn)
* 放誕不羈 / 放诞不羁 (fàngdànbùjī)
* 放誕詭僻 / 放诞诡僻
* 放誕風流 / 放诞风流
* 放賑 / 放赈
* 放賞 / 放赏
* 放賴 / 放赖
* 放赦
* 放走 (fàngzǒu)
* 放車 / 放车
* 放逐 (fàngzhú)
* 放進 / 放进 (fàngjìn)
* 放過 / 放过 (fàngguò)
* 放達 / 放达
* 放過一馬 / 放过一马
* 放邪火
* 放重
* 放野
* 放野火
* 放野鵓鴿 / 放野鹁鸽
* 放量
* 放開 / 放开 (fàngkāi)
* 放電 / 放电 (fàngdiàn)
* 放青
* 放青苗 (fàngqīngmiáo)
* 放鞭炮
* 放響炮 / 放响炮
* 放響馬 / 放响马
* 放領 / 放领
* 放頭 / 放头
* 放頭牌 / 放头牌
* 放風 / 放风 (fàngfēng)
* 放風箏 / 放风筝
* 放飯流歠 / 放饭流歠
* 放養 / 放养 (fàngyǎng)
* 放馬後砲 / 放马后炮
* 放馬過來 / 放马过来 (fàngmǎ guòlái)
* 放鬆 / 放松 (fàngsōng)
* 放魚 / 放鱼
* 放魚入海 / 放鱼入海
* 放鴿子 / 放鸽子 (fàng gēzi)
* 放鷹 / 放鹰 (fàngyīng)
* 放鷹逐犬 / 放鹰逐犬
* 放黜
* 放黨 / 放党
* 放龍入海 / 放龙入海
* 施放 (shīfàng)
* 曠放 / 旷放
* 有的放矢 (yǒudìfàngshǐ)
* 桀逆放恣
* 歸馬放牛 / 归马放牛
* 殺人放火 / 杀人放火 (shārénfànghuǒ)
* 毛寶放龜 / 毛宝放龟
* 流放 (liúfàng)
* 活期放款
* 海洋放流
* 無的放矢 / 无的放矢 (wúdìfàngshǐ)
* 燃放 (ránfàng)
* 牧放
* 牧牛放馬 / 牧牛放马
* 狂放 (kuángfàng)
* 生放
* 疏放
* 發放 / 发放 (fāfàng)
* 白放
* 百花齊放 / 百花齐放 (bǎihuāqífàng)
* 盛放
* 盤放 / 盘放
* 粗放農業 / 粗放农业
* 索放
* 素放
* 綻放 / 绽放 (zhànfàng)
* 縱放 / 纵放
* 縱放心猿 / 纵放心猿
* 置放 (zhìfàng)
* 耕地放領 / 耕地放领
* 自由放任 (zìyóufàngrèn)
* 行放
* 見兔放鷹 / 见兔放鹰
* 解放 (jiěfàng)
* 解放區 / 解放区 (jiěfàngqū)
* 解放軍 / 解放军 (jiěfàngjūn)
* 誕放 / 诞放
* 豪奢放逸
* 豪放 (háofàng)
* 豪放不羈 / 豪放不羁 (háofàngbùjī)
* 豪放派
* 豪放雄邁 / 豪放雄迈
* 貼放 / 贴放
* 買放 / 买放
* 賣放 / 卖放
* 跌蕩放言 / 跌荡放言
* 輝光放電 / 辉光放电
* 酣放
* 釋放 / 释放 (shìfàng)
* 錄放影機 / 录放影机
* 開放 / 开放 (kāifàng)
* 開放空間 / 开放空间
* 開放系統 / 开放系统 (kāifàng xìtǒng)
* 開放舞臺 / 开放舞台
* 開放醫院 / 开放医院
* 開放電路 / 开放电路
* 頓放 / 顿放
* 頹放 / 颓放
* 飛放 / 飞放
* 馬放南山 / 马放南山 (mǎfàng nánshān)
* 驁放 / 骜放
* 驗放 / 验放
* 鳴放運動 / 鸣放运动

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: phóng (放)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎng (fang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎng
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^3$
*** Yale: fǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faang
*** Palladius: фан (fan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^2$
*** Yale: fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pjangX
Rime :
| Character | 放 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 分网切 |
| Baxter | pjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʉɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /piuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /piwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*paŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 放 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋʔ/ |
| English | imitate |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 放 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3036 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 昉 |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋʔ/ |

#### Definitions

放
* Alternative form of 仿 (“to imitate; to resemble”)
* to base on
* to reach
* 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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* set free
* release
* fire
* shoot
* emit
* banish
* liberate

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kun: はなす (hanasu, 放す, Jōyō)、はなつ (hanatsu, 放つ, Jōyō)、はなれる (hanareru, 放れる, Jōyō)、ほうる (hōru, 放る, Jōyō)、ゆるす (yurusu, 放す)

#### Compounds

* 放棄(ほうき) (hōki): abandonment, giving up; renunciation
* 放送(ほうそう) (hōsō): broadcast
* 放射能(ほうしゃのう) (hōshanō): radioactivity

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 放 (eumhun 놓을 방 (no'eul bang))
* hanja form of 방 (“to release; to let go; to emit”)
* hanja form of 방 (“to shoot; to fire”)
* hanja form of 방 (“to banish; to exile”)

#### Compounds

* 개방 (開放, gaebang)
* 결방 (決放, gyeolbang)
* 단방 (單放, danbang)
* 민방 (民放, minbang)
* 방가 (放歌, bangga)
* 방과 (放課, banggwa)
* 방과 (放過, banggwa)
* 방광 (放光, banggwang)
* 방기 (放棄, banggi)
* 방념 (放念, bangnyeom)
* 방뇨 (放尿, bangnyo)
* 방랑 (放浪, bangnang)
* 방량 (放良, bangnyang)
* 방렬 (放列, bangnyeol)
* 방류 (放流, bangnyu)
* 방만 (放漫, bangman)
* 방면 (放免, bangmyeon)
* 방목 (放牧, bangmok)
* 방발 (放發, bangbal)
* 방사 (放射, bangsa)
* 방생 (放生, bangsaeng)
* 방성 (放聲, bangseong)
* 방송 (放送, bangsong)
* 방수 (放水, bangsu)
* 방심 (放心, bangsim)
* 방열 (放熱, bang'yeol)
* 방영 (放映, bang'yeong)
* 방임 (放任, bang'im)
* 방자 (放恣, bangja)
* 방자 (放資, bangja)
* 방전 (放電, bangjeon)
* 방종 (放縱, bangjong)
* 방축 (放畜, bangchuk)
* 방출 (放出, bangchul)
* 방치 (放置, bangchi)
* 방탕 (放蕩, bangtang)
* 방학 (放學, banghak)
* 방화 (放火, banghwa)
* 분방 (奔放, bunbang)
* 석방 (釋放, seokbang)
* 소방 (疏放, sobang)
* 추방 (追放, chubang)
* 탄방 (誕放, tanbang)
* 해방 (解放, haebang)
* 훈방 (訓放, hunbang)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

放: Hán Việt readings: phóng
放: Nôm readings: phúng, phưng
* chữ Hán form of phóng (“to emit; to launch; to throw; to release”).
* chữ Hán form of phóng (“to rush along”).

#### Compounds

* 放大 (phóng đại)
* 放射 (phóng xạ)
* 放火 (phóng hỏa/phóng hoả)
* 放生 (phóng sinh)
* 放縱 (phóng túng)
* 放聲 (phóng thanh)
* 放蕩 (phóng đãng)
* 放釋 (phóng thích)
* 解放 (giải phóng)

### References

* ↑ Trần (1999).
* 1 2 Hồ (1976).