Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind.
  2. to set free, to release, to let loose.
  3. to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent).
  4. to send out (a person to carry out a duty).
  5. to set fire to. In the form 火を放つ.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
放つ はなつ

Contained Kanji 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)