| 1271 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 898 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 329 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1377 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1775 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2177 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1671 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1786 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1277 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1719 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2657 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1355 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1838 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 549 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36406 | Morohashi |
| 2140 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5749 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 543 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 582 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1730 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 豪 【ゴウ】 Australia
- 剛 【ゴウ】 strength, toughness, bravery, boldness
- 強豪 【キョウゴウ】 overwhelming strength, extremely strong person, powerhouse, very strong player, very strong team
- 古豪 【コゴウ】 veteran, old-timer, experienced person
Kun reading compounds
- 偉い 【えらい】 great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary, distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous, awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe, tiring, tough, hard, very, extremely
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こう、 ご、 すぐる、 たけ、 たけし、 ひで、 まさる
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- avasallador
- poderoso
- vigoroso
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- predominar
- grande
- poderoso
- superação
- Austrália
French
- écrasant
- grand
- puissant
- éminent
- Australie
| 451 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-12 | SKIP code |
| 0023.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c6a | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |