A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 8 strokes

Set Free ; Release ; Fire ; Shoot ; Emit ; Banish ; Liberate

Readings on: ホウ
Kun readings: はな.す・-っぱな.し・はな.つ・はな.れる・こ.く・ほう.る

放すはなす — Release

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 放送ほうそう — Issue Word card → Source
• 追放ついほう — exile Source
• 解放かいほう — Liberation Source
• 放牧ほうぼく — grazing Source
• 放置ほうち — abandon; leave Source
• 放棄ほうき — give up; give up Source