放

放 — set free, release, fire

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #288 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ほう hou
Kun'yomi: はな.す hana.su

-っぱな.し -ppana.shi

はな.つ hana.tsu

はな.れる hana.reru

こ.く ko.ku

ほう.る hou.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 放

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