512 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
414 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
391 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
282 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2084 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
287 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
585 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
606 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
512 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
521 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
723 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
935 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1058 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
570 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
507 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13133 | Morohashi |
853 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2333 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
496 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
535 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
325 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
314 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 放火 【ホウカ】 arson, setting fire
- 放映 【ホウエイ】 televising, broadcasting, airing
- 豪放 【ゴウホウ】 largehearted, frank, unaffected
- 性解放 【セイカイホウ】 sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions
Kun reading compounds
- 放す 【はなす】 to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
- 放つ 【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, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
- 放れる 【はなれる】 to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
- 放く 【こく】 to expel (from the body), to let off (a fart), to let out, to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.), to say, to do
- 放る 【ほうる】 to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はなれ
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- dejar libre
- soltar
- liberar
- emitir
- separarse
- abandonar
Portuguese
- libertar
- liberação
- fogo
- disparar
- emitir
- banir
- liberar
French
- libérer
- relâcher
- renvoyer
- enflammer
- bannir
- émettre
466 | 2001 Kanji |
4h4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
0824.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
653e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1258 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縦断 【ジュウダン】 running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across, cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally
- 縦横 【ジュウオウ】 length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points, every direction, all directions, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
- 無線操縦 【ムセンソウジュウ】 radio-controlled (plane)
- 自動操縦 【ジドウソウジュウ】 automatic pilot, autopilot, automatic control
Kun reading compounds
- 縦 【たて】 the vertical, height, front-to-back, length, north-to-south, vertical (relationship), hierarchy, (weaving) warp
- 縦書き 【たてがき】 writing vertically, vertical writing
Readings
- Korean:
- jong, chong
Spanish
- vertical
- hacer según se ha pensado
Portuguese
- vertical
- comprimento
- altura
- elevado pessoa indulgente
- rebelde
French
- vertical
- longueur
- hauteur
- égoïste
- entêté
903 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
892 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1383 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3597 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1559 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1644 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1483 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1580 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1300 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1556 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1783 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
952 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1286 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1350 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27804P | Morohashi |
1408 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4571 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1338 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1436 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
994 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2770 | 2001 Kanji |
6a10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-10 | SKIP code |
2898.1 | Four corner code |
1-29-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7e26 | Unicode hex code |