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放 8 strokes

放 fàng — to put; to place

8 strokes · radical 攵 (knock)

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A way to remember it

方 beside 攵. To let go, to set down, to put — and the 放 in 放假 and 放心.

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方 beside 攵.

Words it turns up in

放假放弃奔放

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