Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
run, bustle
Kun:
はし.る
On:
ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1884 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奔放 【ホンポウ】 wild, uninhibited, extravagant, rampant
  • 奔走 【ホンソウ】 running about, making every effort (to do), busying oneself (with), being busily engaged (in), good offices, efforts
  • 狂奔 【キョウホン】 rushing around, running wild

Kun reading compounds

  • 走る 【はしる】 to run, to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail, to rush (to), to dash, to race, to retreat, to flee, to defect (to), to run away, to abscond, to elope, to flash (of lightning), to streak, to shoot (through; e.g. of pain), to run (through), to flare, to flit (e.g. across one's face), to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.), to go (e.g. bad, to extremes), to become, to turn, to take to (e.g. crime), to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions), to get involved in, to get wrapped up in, to run (through; of a road, street, etc.), to extend (e.g. of a mountain range), to stretch, to lie

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ben1, ben4
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • apresurarse
  • correr

Portuguese

  • tumulto
  • correria

French

  • courir
  • agitation
  • précipitation
1825 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1866 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1175 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1438 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1659 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1773 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1819 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
416 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2758 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1204 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5921X Morohashi
2218 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1148 New Nelson (John Haig)
1196 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1280 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1162 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
2k6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4-8-4 SKIP code
4044.4 Four corner code
4044.3 Four corner code
1-43-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5954 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
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

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang4
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