Kanji

放

Meaning

  • set free
  • release
  • fire
  • shoot
  • emit
  • banish
  • liberate

Onyomi

  • hou (ホウ)

Kunyomi

  • hanasu (はなす)
  • -ppanashi (-っぱなし)
  • hanatsu (はなつ)
  • hanareru (はなれる)
  • koku (こく)
  • houru (ほうる)

Examples

解放する
to release
kaihousuru
放す
to let go
hanasu
放つ
to release, let go
hanatsu
放下
letting go of attachments
houka
放火
arson, setting fire
houka
放課
end of class
houka
放る
to excrete, to defecate, to give birth
hiru