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放

放 — set free, release, fire

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ホウ
Kun
はなす, -っぱなし, はなつ, はなれる, こく, ほうる
Strokes
8
JLPT
N3
School grade
3

Common words with 放

  • 放送ほうそうbroadcasting; broadcast; program; announcementCommon

    ニュースは毎時放送しています。
    We broadcast news on the hour.

  • 開放かいほうopening (a door, window, etc.); leaving openCommon

    この庭園は一般に開放されています。
    This garden is open to the public.

  • 解放かいほうrelease; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting freeCommon

    人質は解放されるだろう。
    The hostages will be released.

  • 民放みんぽうcommercial broadcastCommon
  • 追放ついほうexile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; oustingCommon
  • 放るほうるto throw; to fling; to hurl; to tossCommon
  • 放射性ほうしゃせいradioactiveCommon
  • 放射線ほうしゃせんradiationCommon
  • 放射能ほうしゃのうradioactivityCommon
  • 放映ほうえいtelevising; broadcasting; airingCommon
  • 釈放しゃくほうrelease; liberation; acquittalCommon
  • 放火ほうかarson; setting fireCommon
  • 放棄ほうきabandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; re…Common
  • 放出ほうしゅつemission; release; radiation; discharge; gushCommon
  • 放射ほうしゃradiation; emissionCommon
  • 放題ほうだい(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchec…Common
  • 手放してばなしnot holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's holdCommon
  • 放課後ほうかごafter school (at the end of the day)Common
  • 放水ほうすいdischarge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainageCommon
  • 放置ほうちleaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoningCommon

With the N5–N3 kanji, you can read 234 words that use 放.

  • 放送 ほうそう broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
  • 開放 かいほう opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open
  • 解放 かいほう release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free
  • 民放 みんぽう commercial broadcast
  • 放る ほうる to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss

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