Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

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

Kunyomi: はな.す -っぱな.し はな.つ はな.れる こ.く ほう.る

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

送する(ほうそうする)   broadcast

置する(ほうちする)   leave as is

火する(ほうかする)   set fire to

する(かいほうする)   throw open, make public

する(かいほうする)   release

する(ついほうする)   exile, expel

課後(ほうかご)   after school

す(はなす)   separate [v.t.]

つ(はなつ)   set free

れる(はなれる)   leave [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ホウカ arson, setting fire

ホウエイ televising, broadcasting, airing

ゴウホウ largehearted, frank, unaffected

性解 セイカイホウ sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions

Kunyomi Examples

はなす to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

はなつ to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to

れる はなれる to get free (from), to be freed, to be released

こく to let loose (e.g. a fart), to utter (e.g. a lie), to say, to do

ほうる to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished