放

meaningset 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
Strokes
8
Taught in
Japanese grade 3
Frequency
#288 most common in newspapers

Words it lives in

放
  • 放送ほうそうbroadcasting
  • 開放かいほうopening
  • 解放かいほうrelease
  • 民放みんぽうcommercial broadcast
  • 追放ついほうexile
  • 放るほうるto throw
  • 放射性ほうしゃせいradioactive
  • 放射線ほうしゃせんradiation

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