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: 方 攴
Radical: 攴
Reading: ぼくづくり
Meaning: rap
Strokes: 4
放送する(ほうそうする) broadcast
放置する(ほうちする) leave as is
放火する(ほうかする) set fire to
開放する(かいほうする) throw open, make public
解放する(かいほうする) release
追放する(ついほうする) exile, expel
放課後(ほうかご) after school
放す(はなす) separate [v.t.]
放つ(はなつ) set free
放れる(はなれる) leave [v.i.]
放火 (ホウカ) arson, setting fire
放映 (ホウエイ) televising, broadcasting, airing
豪放 (ゴウホウ) largehearted, frank, unaffected
性解放 (セイカイホウ) sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions
放す (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.
放つ (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
放れる (はなれる) to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
放く (こく) to let loose (e.g. a fart), to utter (e.g. a lie), to say, to do
放る (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
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: 方 攴
Radical: 攴
Reading: ぼくづくり
Meaning: rap
Strokes: 4
放送する(ほうそうする) broadcast
放置する(ほうちする) leave as is
放火する(ほうかする) set fire to
開放する(かいほうする) throw open, make public
解放する(かいほうする) release
追放する(ついほうする) exile, expel
放課後(ほうかご) after school
放す(はなす) separate [v.t.]
放つ(はなつ) set free
放れる(はなれる) leave [v.i.]
放火 (ホウカ) arson, setting fire
放映 (ホウエイ) televising, broadcasting, airing
豪放 (ゴウホウ) largehearted, frank, unaffected
性解放 (セイカイホウ) sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions
放す (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.
放つ (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
放れる (はなれる) to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
放く (こく) to let loose (e.g. a fart), to utter (e.g. a lie), to say, to do
放る (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