放 Kanji – set free
The Japanese kanji 放 can mean set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate.
Meaning and Readings
How is 放 read?
放 has the onyomi reading ホウ and the kunyomi readings はなす, -っぱなし, はなつ, はなれる, こく, ほうる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as hou, hanasu, ppanashi, hanatsu, hanareru, koku, houru.
Common Japanese Words Using 放
These common Japanese words contain 放. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- っ放し（っぱなし） — leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.)
- 解放（かいほう） — release, unleashing, liberation, emancipation, setting free
- 開放（かいほう） — opening (a door, window, etc.), leaving open
- 釈放（しゃくほう） — release, liberation, acquittal
- 追放（ついほう） — exile, banishment, eviction, deportation, purge, expulsion, ousting
- 放す（はなす） — to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose
- 放つ（はなつ） — to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind
- 放る（ほうる） — to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
- 放れる（はなれる） — to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
- 放映（ほうえい） — televising, broadcasting, airing