8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N3

set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

Kun'yomi
  • to release ②to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
  • to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.) ②to set free ③to emit (e.g. light) ④to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
  • to get free (from)
  • -っぱな
  • to let loose (e.g. a fart) ②to utter (e.g. a lie) ③to do
  • to throw ②to neglect
On'yomi
  • ホウ
Nanori
  • はなれ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ホウ 40.8%
ほう 40.8%
はなはなはなれる 18.4%
0.0%

Character Breakdown

set free, release, fire
ホウ ほう.る はな.す (3rd, N3)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.) ②to set free ③to emit (e.g. light) ④to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
to throw ②to neglect
to release ②to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
release ②deallocation (of computer memory)
after school (at the end of the day)
abandonment
leaving as is
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References

Unicode hex code 653E
JIS X 0208 1-42-92
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2084
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2333
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 853
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1058
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 570
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O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 606
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 287
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13133
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 391
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 512
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 521
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 512
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 585
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 414
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 314
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 325
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 723
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 935
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 507
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4h4.1
Four corner code 0824.0
De Roo Code 466