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

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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

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

Words with this kanji

N1 追放 tsuihou exile, banishment N1 放射 housha radiation, emission N1 放射能 houshanou radioactivity N1 放出 houshutsu release, emit N1 放置 houchi leave as is, leave alone, neglect N1 放り込む hourikomu to throw into N1 放り出す houridasu to throw out, to give up, to abandon N2 解放 kaihou release, liberation, emancipation N2 開放 kaihou open, throw open, liberalization

Sentences with this kanji

N1 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