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放

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • set free
  • release
  • fire
  • shoot
  • emit
  • banish
  • liberate

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • はな.す
  • -っぱな.し
  • はな.つ
  • はな.れる
  • こ.く
  • ほう.る
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#121
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
攴#66 · rap

Components

Common Words

  • 放すはなすGodanto release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose
  • 放つはなつGodanto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind
  • 放るほうるGodanto throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
  • 放映ほうえいNountelevising, broadcasting, airing
  • 放火ほうかNounarson, setting fire
  • 放棄ほうきNounabandonment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, abdication, surrender, relinquishing, waiving, giving up
  • 放射ほうしゃNounradiation, emission
  • 放出ほうしゅつNounemission, release, radiation, discharge, gush

Practice in Kanjiru

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