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

On'yomi
ホウ
Kun'yomi
はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る
Parts
乞攵方similar kanji →
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 3#288 most commonU+653E

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8 strokes · red arrow marks where each stroke ends

Words using 放

  • 解放かいほうrelease; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting freeN5
  • 開放かいほうopening (a door, window, etc.); leaving openN5
  • 釈放しゃくほうrelease; liberation; acquittalN5
  • 追放ついほうexile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; oustingN5
  • 放すはなすto release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn looseN5
  • 放つはなつto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break windN5
  • 放るほうるto throw; to fling; to hurl; to tossN5
  • 放れるはなれるto get free (from); to be freed; to be releasedN5
  • 放映ほうえいtelevising; broadcasting; airingN5
  • 放火ほうかarson; setting fireN5
  • 放課後ほうかごafter school (at the end of the day)N5
  • 放棄ほうきabandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; relinquishing; waiving; giving upN5
  • 放射ほうしゃradiation; emissionN5
  • 放射性ほうしゃせいradioactiveN5
  • 放射線ほうしゃせんradiationN5
  • 放射能ほうしゃのうradioactivityN5
  • 放出ほうしゅつemission; release; radiation; discharge; gushN5
  • 放水ほうすいdischarge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainageN5
  • 放送ほうそうbroadcasting; broadcast; program; announcementN5
  • 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 courseN5