放 Strokes Write it Listen 放 fàng to put; to place; to release HSK 1 8 strokes Radical 攵 Sound + meaning 28 words Built from方soundfāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag攵meaningpūto rap, to tap; script; to let go How it works攵 hints at the meaning (let go), and 方 fāng hints at the sound.