| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棄権 【キケン】 abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)
- 棄却 【キキャク】 rejection, dismissal, turning down, abandoning, renunciation
- 投棄 【トウキ】 abandonment, giving up, throwing away, disposal, dumping
- 遺棄 【イキ】 abandonment, desertion
Kun reading compounds
- 捨てる 【すてる】 to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- tirar
- descartar
- abandonar
- arrojar
- desechar
Portuguese
- desembaraço
- gastar
- descartar
- pedir demissão
- rejeitar
- sacrifício
French
- abandonner
- jeter
- se débarrasser
- renoncer
- rejeter
- sacrifier
| 1131 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 326 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1178 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1437 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2202 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 962 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 993 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1653 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1065 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2651 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1835 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 765 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14913X | Morohashi |
| 2137 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2787 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 758 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 820 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1634 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 464 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j11.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 0090.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68c4 | Unicode hex code |