放射 (fàng shè) — to radiate, to emit (radiation, light, energy) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

放射 means a source actively sending out energy, light, or rays in all directions. Compare 辐射 (more abstract, e.g. electromagnetic radiation) and 照射 (light falling onto a surface).

verb

to radiateto emit (radiation, light, energy)

Examples

放射。
Tài yáng měi tiān fàng shè chū dà liàng de guāng hé rè.
The sun radiates a huge amount of light and heat every day.
放射，。
Zhè zhǒng jī qì néng fàng shè chū shè xiàn, yòng yú zhì liáo.
This machine can emit radiation and is used for treatment.
放射。
Tā de xiào róng fàng shè chū wēn nuǎn hé shàn yì.
Her smile radiates warmth and kindness.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

放 means emit and 射 means shoot: emit and shoot out.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

弓弓gōngbow
矢矢shǐarrow

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 HSK 2.0 Level 6 Physics & Chemistry

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