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放 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「攵」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
On
ホウほう · hō
Kun
はな(す)・はな(つ)・はな(れる)hana(su) · hana(tsu) · hana(reru)
Meaning
release, let go

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

方 (sound) + 攵 (action by hand) — to let go with the hand and send away: to release.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホウほうhō放送ほうそう放棄ほうき追放ついほう
Kunはなすhanasu放すはなす手放すてばなす

Compare: 離す

Kunはなつhanatsu放つはなつ
Kunはなれるhanareru放れるはなれる

Compare: 離れる

Kunほうるhōru放るほうる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 放送ほうそう

    broadcast

  • 放課後ほうかご

    after school

More words with this kanji

  • 放送局ほうそうきょく
  • 放棄ほうき
  • 放浪ほうろう
  • 奔放ほんぽう
  • 放恣ほうし
  • 放蕩ほうとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鳥(とり)を 空(そら)に 放(はな)しました。

I set the bird free into the sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 攵Map of reading ホウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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