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Kanji Detail for 放 - "to release, to emit, to free"

放

  • Meaning

    放 means "to release, to emit, to free."

    1. Release - To let go; to set free.

    2. Emit - To send out; to discharge.

    3. Free - Unrestrained; liberated.

  • Words using 放

    • 放送 ほうそう Listen broadcasting; broadcast; program
    • 開放 かいほう Listen opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public)
    • 解放 かいほう Listen release; unleashing; liberation
    • 民放 みんぽう Listen commercial broadcast
    • 追放 ついほう Listen exile; banishment; eviction
    • 放射性 ほうしゃせい Listen radioactive
    • 放射線 ほうしゃせん Listen radiation
    • 放射能 ほうしゃのう Listen radioactivity; radiation; radioactive material

  • Four-character idioms with 放

    • 不羈奔放 ふきほんぽう Listen free-spirited and uninhibited
    • 奔放不羈 ほんぽうふき Listen free-spirited and uninhibited
    • 放歌高吟 ほうかこうぎん Listen loud singing
    • 放蕩三昧 ほうとうざんまい Listen being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
    • 放蕩息子 ほうとうむすこ Listen good-for-nothing son; profligate son
    • 放蕩無頼 ほうとうぶらい Listen being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life

  • Tattoo check: 放

    • Verified meaning: to release, to emit, to free
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    set free; release; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    put, release, free, liberate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to release, to liberate, to free

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To release. Letting go is 放. Such as 放鷹, 放鶴. Being unrestrained is also 放. Such as 放肆, 放蕩. | To exile. Such as 放流, 放黜. | To emit. Such as 放歌, 放光, 放箭, 放船. | To spread. Such as flowers blooming being 花放. Weather clearing is 放晴. Also, letting go is 放手. 開放, 放棄 have this meaning. | To disperse. Such as 放賑, 放債. | In old times, capital officials taking provincial posts was 放. Such as 放缺, 放差. | To place. Such as 安放. | Colloquially, expanding is 放. Such as 放寬, 放大. | Interchangeable with 傲. To imitate. Such as 吾將安放, meaning having nowhere to follow. | To rely on. (Analects) "Acting based on profit."

  • Onyomi

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    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

  • Kunyomi

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    hana.reru(はな-れる) はな-れる

    hana.su(はな-す) はな-す

    hana.tsu(はな-つ) はな-つ

    hou.ru(ほう-る) ほう-る

    ko.ku(こ-く) こ-く

    ppana.shi(っぱな-し) っぱな-し

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    to release to emit to free expel drive out imitate follow throw away abandon let go discharge liberate loosen relinquish unbind uncage unleash unrestrained untie

Sentences including 放

  • He had an absent look on his face.

  • Let's play baseball after school.

  • His death was broadcast all over the world.

  • That child wouldn't let go of his mother's hand.

  • Please be careful not to let the dog loose.

  • I was on the air for two hours yesterday.

  • He set fire to the school building.

  • When i was a little child , i used to play baseball after school.

  • I often play tennis after school.

  • I can't let him alone.

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