放 is the Japanese kanji for release, set free, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate. It is written with 8 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ and its on reading is ホウ.
Stroke order
Words with 放
- 放るto throw, to fling, to hurl
- 放つto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball)
- 放すto release, to let go, to free
- 放送broadcasting, broadcast, program
- 開放opening (a door, window, etc.), leaving open
- 解放release, unleashing, liberation
Practice 放 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.