放 — kanji meaning “set free”
放
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
- Meanings
- set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
- On'yomi
- ホウ (hou)
- Kun'yomi
- はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る
- Name readings
- はなれ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #288 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 66
- Chinese reading
- fàng — Chinese character page
Words with 放
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放送 | ほうそう housou | broadcasting; broadcast; program |
| 解放 | かいほう kaihou | release; unleashing; liberation |
| 開放 | かいほう kaihou | opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open |
| 放題 | ほうだい houdai | (doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked |
| 放棄 | ほうき houki | abandonment; renouncement; renunciation |
| 追放 | ついほう tsuihou | exile; banishment; eviction |
| 放置 | ほうち houchi | leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended |
| 放射能 | ほうしゃのう houshanou | radioactivity |
| 放火 | ほうか houka | arson; setting fire |
| 釈放 | しゃくほう shakuhou | release; liberation; acquittal |
| 放射線 | ほうしゃせん houshasen | radiation |
| 放つ | はなつ hanatsu | to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball) |
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