| 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 4
JLPT level N3
758 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 散骨 【サンコツ】 scattering of ashes (cremated remains)
- 散会 【サンカイ】 adjournment
- 離散 【リサン】 dispersal, scattering, discrete
- 集散 【シュウサン】 collection (gathering) and distribution
Kun reading compounds
- 散る 【ちる】 to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves), to scatter, to be dispersed, to disappear, to dissolve, to break up, to spread, to run, to blur, to die a noble death
- 散らす 【ちらす】 to scatter, to cause a shower of, to disperse, to distribute, to spread, to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.), to relieve, to get rid of, to cure, to distract, to divert, to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently), to do ... all over the place
- 散らかす 【ちらかす】 to scatter around, to leave untidy, to make a mess
- 散らかる 【ちらかる】 to be in disorder, to lie scattered around
- 散らばる 【ちらばる】 to be scattered about, to disperse, to be littered (with)
- 散 【ばら】 loose articles (not packaged with other things), bulk items, individual items, coins, small change
- ばら撒く 【ばらまく】 to scatter, to disseminate (e.g. a rumor), to spread (e.g. germs), to broadcast, to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets), to hand out freely, to spend recklessly
- 散ける 【ばらける】 to come apart, to unravel, to come loose, to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちる
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- esparcir
- dispersar
- derramar
- caer
- esparcirse
- estar desordenado
Portuguese
- dispersar
- espalhar
- gastar
- dissipar
French
- disperser
- éparpiller
- dépenser
- gaspiller
| 407 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 519 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 492 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 611 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2056 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 465 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 590 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1689 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 767 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 781 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 721 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 944 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2137 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1518 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1197 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13265 | Morohashi |
| 1702 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2352 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1189 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1273 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 588 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1966 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4824.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6563 | Unicode hex code |