放

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

• 倣 𤊦 𥓴 䢟 敖

• KangXi: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paŋʔ, *paŋs) : phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ) + semantic 攵 (“hand, action”) – an action, release.

放

1. to release; to free; to liberate; to let out; to let go

   放鞭炮  ―  fàng biānpào  ―  to set off firecrackers

2. to put; to place

   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.

3. ^† to banish; to exile

   • 齊宣王問曰：「湯放桀，武王伐紂，有諸？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     齐宣王问曰：“汤放桀，武王伐纣，有诸？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th 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?'

4. to put on; to play (a recording)

   放音樂／放音乐  ―  fàng yīnyuè  ―  to play music

5. to tend to animals
   • 1949, quoting 劉廷雙, “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.

6. (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.

7. (Sichuanese) to betroth (one's daughter) to somebody

   Synonym: 許配／许配 (xǔpèi)

8. ^† to cause; to make

• (to place):

放

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

• “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–

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

• 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)

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

• (in 방학 (放學, banghak)):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [방]
• (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.

Wikisource 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”).

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

放: Hán Việt readings: phóng[1]
放: Nôm readings: phúng[2], phưng[2]

1. chữ Hán form of phóng (“to emit; to launch; to throw; to release”).
2. chữ Hán form of phóng (“to rush along”).