Kanji

Level: N3 Strokes: 8

放

Meaning in English

set free, release, fire

Readings

Onyomi: ホウ Kunyomi: はな.す, -っぱな.し, はな.つ, はな.れる, こ.く, ほう.る Romaji: hou / hana.su, -ppana.shi, hana.tsu, hana.reru, ko.ku, hou.ru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

放

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese libertar, soltar, fogo

Spanish liberar, soltar, disparar

Korean 자유롭게 하다, 풀어주다, 발사하다

French libérer, relâcher, feu

Italian liberare, rilasciare, sparare

German freilassen, erlassen, Feuer

Indonesian membebaskan, melepaskan, menembak

★ Vietnamese giải phóng, thả ra, lửa

Thai ปล่อย, ปลดปล่อย, ยิง

Kanji

Related kanji

N3 政 sei, shou / matsurigoto, man politics, government, politique N1 故 ko / yue, furu.i, moto happenstance, especially, intentionally N2 改 kai / arata.meru, arata.maru reformation, change, modify N1 攻 kou / se.meru aggression, attack, criticize N1 敏 bin / satoi cleverness, agile, alert N4 教 kyou / oshi.eru, oso.waru teach, faith, doctrine N3 敗 hai / yabu.reru failure, defeat, reversal N1 救 kyuu / suku.u salvation, save, help N3 散 san / chi.ru, chi.rasu, -chi.rasu, chi.rakasu, chi.rakaru, chi.rabaru, bara, bara.keru scatter, disperse, spend

Word

Words with this kanji

N4 放送 housou broadcast, broadcasting

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 このまま放置すると大きな事故になる恐れがある Kono mama houchi suru to ookina jiko ni naru osore ga aru If left like this it may cause a major accident