Kanji 放: "set free, release, fire"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 放

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 放はなつto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind · to set free; to release; to let loose
• 解かい放ほうrelease; unleashing; liberation; emancipation · deallocation (of computer memory)
• 放ほうっておくto leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
• 放はなすto release; to let go; to free; to set free · to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
• 放ほう置ちleaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting
• 放ほう課か後ごafter school (at the end of the day)
• 手て放ばなすto let go of; to release; to drop · to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell
• っ放ぱなしleaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.) · (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
• 放ほうるto throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss · to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on
• 言いい放はなつto declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
• 放ほう棄きabandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation
• 放ほうり込こむto throw into; to toss into · to throw-in; to play a throw-in

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