放
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Grade Level
Grade 3
Stroke Count
8 strokes
Radical
攴部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
はなす, -っぱなし, はなつ, はなれる, こく, ほうる
Nanori (Name Reading)
おき, ゆき, ゆく
Common Readings
ホウ, はな…す, はな…つ, はな…れる
Example Vocabulary
放つ
はなつ
to release, to emit
解放
かいほう
release, liberation, set free
放っておく
ほうっておく
to leave alone, to leave as is
放置
ほうち
neglect; abandonment; leaving alone
放す
はなす
to release; to let go; to set free
放課後
ほうかご
after school
手放す
てばなす
to let go of, to release
言い放つ
いいはなつ
to declare, to say firmly
放る
ほうる
to throw away; to abandon
放り込む
ほうりこむ
to throw in, to toss into
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