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放

set free
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingホウ
Kun readingはな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る
JōyōGrade 3
  1. to release
  2. to let go
  3. to free
  4. to set free
  5. to let loose

Popular Usage

放送解放開放

Radicals and components

Radical攴rapComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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compass · direction (方) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 535

Compound words

放送ほうそう
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
解放かいほう
release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free
開放かいほう
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
釈放しゃくほう
release; liberation; acquittal
追放ついほう
exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge
放すはなす
to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose
放つはなつ
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind; to set free
放るほうる
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss; to neglect
放映ほうえい
televising; broadcasting; airing
放火ほうか
arson; setting fire
放棄ほうき
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication
放射ほうしゃ
radiation; emission
放出ほうしゅつ
emission; release; radiation; discharge; gush
放水ほうすい
discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainage; spraying water (on); hosing
放題ほうだい
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
放置ほうち
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
放逐ほうちく
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
放任ほうにん
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
放牧ほうぼく
pasturage; grazing
放浪ほうろう
wandering; roaming; drifting
奔放ほんぽう
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
放流ほうりゅう
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.); banishment; exile
民放みんぽう
commercial broadcast
放鳥ほうちょう
setting free a bird; bird to be set free

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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