to relax; to slacken; to loosen
放 · 8 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
松 · 8 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese this character also means "relax, loosen", but in traditional Chinese this meaning is written as 鬆.