放 means set free
release, fire, shoot, emit
A hand drives them off in all directions: release.
On'yomi
- ホウhou
Kun'yomi
- はな(す)hanasu
- っぱな(し)ppanashi
- はな(つ)hanatsu
- はな(れる)hanareru
- こ(く)koku
1 more
- ほう(る)houru
How it's built
- 方direction
- 攵strike
Common words
- 放火ほうかarson; setting fire
- 放任ほうにんnoninterference; leaving something to take its own course
- 放送ほうそうbroadcasting; broadcast
- 放題ほうだい(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content