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放

Kanji 放: meaning "release, free", readings, stroke order

The kanji 放 means "release, free". On'yomi: ホウ; kun'yomi: はなす、はなつ、はなれる、ほうる. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
release, free
On'yomi
ホウ
Kun'yomi
はなすはなつはなれるほうる
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 放

  • 放送 ほうそう — Broadcast
  • 放れる はなれる — to leave, to get free, to cut oneself off
  • 解放 かいほう — release, liberation, emancipation
  • 開放 かいほう — open, throw open, liberalization
  • 放る ほうる — to let go
  • 追放 ついほう — exile, banishment
  • 放射 ほうしゃ — radiation, emission
  • 放射能 ほうしゃのう — radioactivity
  • 放出 ほうしゅつ — release, emit
  • 放置 ほうち — leave as is, leave alone, neglect
  • 放り込む ほうりこむ — to throw into
  • 放り出す ほうりだす — to throw out, to give up, to abandon

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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