HSK 1 · School

放学

fàng xué

to finish school

Stroke order of 放学

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

放 · 8 strokes 学 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

放 sends away with a tap 攵, and 学 school is over: dismissed from school.

Parts: 放 release (方 + 攵 tap) + 学 study (⺍ + 冖 + 子)

The characters in 放学

放 fàng — to put; to place (8 strokes)
学 xué — to learn (8 strokes)

Example sentence

你几点放学？

What time does school let out?

Words with 放

放假to have a holiday 放to put; to place 放心to be at ease; to relax 放下to put down 放到to put into 播放to broadcast; to play 开放to open; open

Words with 学

学校school 学生student 同学classmate 大学university 大学生college student 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 中学middle school 中学生middle school student 学院college; institute 教学楼classroom building 上学to go to school 学to learn 学习to study; to learn 科学家scientist 教学teaching 中小学primary and secondary schools 开学school starts

More words: School

学校school 学生student 同学classmate 老师teacher 大学university 大学生college student 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 中学middle school 中学生middle school student 学院college; institute 教学楼classroom building 男生male student; boy 女生female student; girl 班class; team 上学to go to school

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