放 fàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 方 square, rectangle 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
放学
fàngxué
to finish classes (for the day)
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他们四点放学。 Tāmen sì diǎn fàngxué. They finish school at four.
- 我五点放学。 Wǒ wǔ diǎn fàngxué. I finish school at five.
- 放学以后我们回家。 Fàngxué yǐhòu wǒmen huí jiā. After school we go home.
Related words
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放假 fàngjià to have a holiday
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 上学 shàngxué to go to school
- 同学 tóngxué classmate
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 学 xué to learn, to study
- 学习 xuéxí to study, to learn