放 ホウ はな.す • -っぱな.し • はな.つ • はな.れる • こ.く • ほう.る set free; release; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate Grade Level 3 8 Strokes ➥
放つ はなつ to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind v5t vt to set free; to release; to let loose v5t vt to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent) v5t vt to send out (a person to carry out a duty) v5t vt to set fire to v5t vt Advanced ➥