set free, release, fire · thả, buông

訓はな(す),-っぱな(し),はな(つ),はな(れる),こ(く),ほう(る) ・音ホウ

Sino-Vietnamese: phóng

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💡 Memory aid

Striking 攵 gives the meaning and 方 (direction) the sound: driving something off in one direction, so it means release (Han Viet phong, as in giai phong = liberate).

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese: phóng
On'yomi: ホウ
Kun'yomi: はな(す),-っぱな(し),はな(つ),はな(れる),こ(く),ほう(る)
Strokes: 8
JLPT: N3

Radical

攵 Strike, tap 4 strokes

On'yomi

ホウ

Kun'yomi

はな(す),-っぱな(し),はな(つ),はな(れる),こ(く),ほう(る)

Sino-Vietnamese: phóng

Stroke order

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Radical

攵

Strike, tap

4 strokes

Related Vocabulary

放つはなつ

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.)

放るほうる

to throw

Example sentences

鳥をかごから放しました。 (とりをかごからはなしました)

I released the bird from its cage.

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