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The character "放" is structured with 方 functioning primarily as a phonetic element and 攵, a variant of the action-indicating component 攴, which suggests acts of driving or striking, together conveying an original sense of releasing or exiling. Its early meaning centered on setting free or banishing, from which it developed a broader semantic range including to place or put something, to emit as in radiating light or shooting a projectile, and to relax or loosen, demonstrating a shift from concrete acts of liberation to varied contexts of placement and emission.
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我把书放在桌子上。
我们明天放假。
他放开了我的手。
请你放心，我会完成任务。
妈妈把水果放在冰箱里了。
孩子们在公园里放风筝。
他决定放弃这个计划。
如果你放不下过去，就很难开始新生活。