放
release; set free; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate
8 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 288.
Readings
- ホウ (on reading): 放送 (ほうそう) broadcasting; 解放 (かいほう) release
- はなつ (kun reading): 放つ (はなつ) to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); 解き放つ (ときはなつ) to release
- はなす (kun reading): 手放す (てばなす) to let go of; 放す (はなす) to release
- ほうる (kun reading): 放る (ほうる) to throw
- っぱなし (kun reading): 開けっ放し (あけっぱなし) leaving open; 出っ放し (でっぱなし) left running (e.g. of water)
- はなれる (kun reading): 下放れ (したばなれ) (stock market) slump; 放れる (はなれる) to get free (from)
- こく (kun reading): 屁放き虫 (へこきむし) stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle); 屁放き (へこき) farting
- Read as a whole word: 放屁虫 (へひりむし) bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)
Components
Kanji containing 放
Words using 放
- 放送 (ほうそう) broadcasting
- 解放 (かいほう) release
- 放置 (ほうち) leaving as is
- 放送時間 (ほうそうじかん) time (for a program, programme)
- 追放 (ついほう) exile
- 放つ (はなつ) to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.)
- 解き放つ (ときはなつ) to release
- 言い放つ (いいはなつ) to declare
- 開け放つ (あけはなつ) to open wide (doors or windows)
- 引き放つ (ひきはなつ) to pull apart
- 手放す (てばなす) to let go of
- 放す (はなす) to release
- 突き放す (つきはなす) to push away
- 開け放す (あけはなす) to open wide (doors or windows)
- 見放す (みはなす) to abandon
- 放る (ほうる) to throw
- 開けっ放し (あけっぱなし) leaving open
- 出っ放し (でっぱなし) left running (e.g. of water)
- 下放れ (したばなれ) (stock market) slump
- 放れる (はなれる) to get free (from)
- 放れ (はなれ) getting free
- 放れ駒 (はなれごま) loose horse
- 放れ馬 (はなれうま) runaway horse
- 屁放き虫 (へこきむし) stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle)
- 屁放き (へこき) farting
- 放屁虫 (へひりむし) bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)
- 放ったらかし (ほったらかし) neglecting
- 押っ放り出す (おっぽりだす) to throw out
- 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず (じんこうもたかずへもひらず) having few faults as well as few virtues
- 放る (まる) to excrete (faeces, urine)
- 糞放る (くそまる) to expel (faeces)
543 words in all.