Kanji · 漢字
放
Kun はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る
On ホウ
set free
set free · release · fire · shoot · emit · banish · liberate
N2
JLPT
8
strokes
#288
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
Radicals
Appears in words
っ放し っぱなし leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.)解放 かいほう release開放 かいほう opening (a door, window, etc.)釈放 しゃくほう release追放 ついほう exile放す はなす to release放つ はなつ to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.)放る ほうる to throw放れる はなれる to get free (from)放映 ほうえい televising放火 ほうか arson放課後 ほうかご after school (at the end of the day)放棄 ほうき abandonment放射 ほうしゃ radiation放射性 ほうしゃせい radioactive放射線 ほうしゃせん radiation放射能 ほうしゃのう radioactivity放出 ほうしゅつ emission放水 ほうすい discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.)放送 ほうそう broadcasting放題 ほうだい (doing) as one pleases放置 ほうち leaving as is放逐 ほうちく expulsion放任 ほうにん noninterference放牧 ほうぼく pasturage放浪 ほうろう wandering奔放 ほんぽう wild野放し のばなし pasturing (e.g. cattle)見放す みはなす to abandon放流 ほうりゅう discharge (e.g. of water from a dam)