Moto 放: Set Free; Release; FireKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi
- はな(す)、-っぱな(し)、はな(つ)、はな(れる)、こ(く)、ほう(る)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 524 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ホウ)
- 放送ほうそうbroadcast; broadcasting
- 開放かいほうopening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open
- 解放かいほうrelease; unleashing
- 放るほうるto throw; to fling
- 追放ついほうexile; banishment
- 放射性ほうしゃせいradioactive
- 放射線ほうしゃせんradiation
- 放射能ほうしゃのうradioactivity
- 放映ほうえいtelevising; broadcasting
- 放棄ほうきabandonment; renunciation
- 放火ほうかarson; setting fire
- 釈放しゃくほうrelease; liberation
- 放出ほうしゅつrelease; emission
- 放射ほうしゃradiation; emission
- 放題ほうだい(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content
- 放水ほうすいhosing down; drainage
- 放置ほうちleaving as is; leaving alone
- 放課後ほうかごafter school (at the end of the day)
- 民間放送みんかんほうそうcommercial broadcasting
- 放浪ほうろうwandering
- 放流ほうりゅうdischarge (e.g. of water from a dam)
- 公共放送こうきょうほうそうpublic broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)
- 放任ほうにんnoninterference; leaving something to take its own course
- 放免ほうめんrelease (from custody); discharge
- 放列ほうれつbattery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage
- 放心ほうしんabsentmindedness; peace of mind
- 放漫ほうまんwhimsy; looseness
- 放熱ほうねつradiant heat; heat radiation
- 放牧ほうぼくpasturage; grazing
- 放蕩ほうとうdissipation; prodigality
- 放言ほうげんcareless remark
- 放送劇ほうそうげきradio drama
- 放逐ほうちくexpulsion; ousting
- 放電ほうでんelectrical discharge
- 生放送なまほうそうlive broadcast
- 解放区かいほうくliberated area or zone
- 豪放ごうほうlargehearted; frank
- 野放図のほうずunregulated; unruly
- 門戸開放政策もんこかいほうせいさくopen door policy
- 飲み放題のみほうだいall you can drink; bottomless cup
- し放題しほうだいhaving one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires
- つめ放題つめほうだいstuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
- やりたい放題やりたいほうだいas one pleases; irresponsibility
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 手放してばなしnot holding on; not using the hands
- 野放しのばなしpasturing; letting (an animal) run loose
- 放つはなつto fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot
- 見放すみはなすto abandon; to give up on
- 手放すてばなすto let go of; to release
- 放し飼いはなしがいfree range breeding; pasturing
- 放すはなすto release; to let go
- 放れるはなれるto get free (from); to be freed
- 突き放すつきはなすto push away; to thrust aside
Other readings
- 民放みんぽうcommercial broadcast
- 奔放ほんぽうwild; uninhibited
- っ放しっぱなしkeep ...-ing; have been ...-ing
- あけっ放しあけっぱなしleaving open; leaving ajar
- おっ放り出すおっぽりだすto throw out; to fire
- つけっ放しつけっぱなしleaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
- ぶっ放すぶっぱなすto fire a gun; to let off a gun
- やりっ放しやりっぱなしunfinished; incomplete
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Kanji that often appear with 放
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