解放 jiěfàng▶ ปลดปล่อย

Stroke order

解放 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

• 解 — 13 strokes
• 放 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to liberate
2. to emancipate
3. liberation
4. refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949

Related words

• 分解ย่อยสลาย
• 和解ประนีประนอม
• 排放ปล่อยออก
• 放大ขยาย
• 放射รังสี
• 溶解ละลาย; หลอมละลาย

解放 is pronounced jiěfàng and means “ปลดปล่อย”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 解放 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.