HSK 6 · Science

放射 fàngshè “to radiate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 放射 means

  1. to radiate
  2. radioactive

How to say 放射

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale放fàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale射shè4th tone, falling

放射 in a sentence

  1. 他是一个放射科医生。

    Tā shì yí ge fàngshèkē yīshēng.

    He is a radiologist.

    Sentence #5558698 from Tatoeba

How 放射 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 放 (fàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
放fàngto put
  • 方square · fāngSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fàng.

The character 射 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
射shèto shoot
  • 身body · shēn
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 放射

放 8 strokes · 射 10 strokes

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放射 (fàngshè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 放射 (fàngshè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 放射

Words with 放

放fàng · put放心fàngxīn · relax放假fàngjià · to have a holiday放学fàngxué · to finish school (for the day)放松fàngsōng · to relax放弃fàngqì · to renounce放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays开放kāifàng · to open (to the public)播放bōfàng · to broadcast放大fàngdà · to enlarge

Words with 射

射击shèjī · to shoot注射zhùshè · to inject反射fǎnshè · reflex发射fāshè · to launch辐射fúshè · radiation

More words: Science & Technology

导弹dǎodàn · guided missile登录dēnglù · to log in电源diànyuán · power supply地质dìzhì · geology反射fǎnshè · reflex发射fāshè · to launch分解fēnjiě · to break down辐射fúshè · radiation

FAQs

放射 (fàngshè) means “to radiate” or “radioactive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fàngshè: fàng with a 4th tone, then shè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 放射 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangshe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 放射 from the suggestions. Typing fangshe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
放射 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.