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ホウ/HŌ/    はな.す/hana.su/    -っぱな.し/-ppana.shi/    はな.つ/hana.tsu/    はな.れる/hana.reru/    こ.く/ko.ku/    ほう.る/hō.ru/HOU/ホウ/    hana.su/はな.す/    -ppana.shi/-っぱな.し/    hana.tsu/はな.つ/    hana.reru/はな.れる/    ko.ku/こ.く/    hou.ru/ほう.る/

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

Radical: 攵 (rap).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 方攵.   Pinyin: fàng.   Hangul: 방 [bang].   Nanori: はなれhanare.

Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
ホウHŌ放送劇【ほうそうげきhōsōgeki】radio drama
放蕩【ほうとうhōtō】dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
放列【ほうれつhōretsu】a battery; barrage
はなすhanasu突き放す【つきはなすtsukihanasu】to thrust away; to refuse bluntly; to forsake
切り放す【きりはなすkirihanasu】to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
放す【はなすhanasu】to release; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
はなつhanatsu放つ【はなつhanatsu】to fire (e.g. an arrow); to free; to give off (e.g. a scent)
引き放つ【ひきはなつhikihanatsu】to pull apart
言い放つ【いいはなつiihanatsu】to declare
はなれるhanareru放れる【はなれるhanareru】to get free; to be freed; to be released
明け放れる【あけはなれるakehanareru】to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)
こくkoku放く【こくkoku】to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie)
ほうるhouru放る【ほうるhōru】to throw; to throw away; to neglect
Codepoints and classification codes:
653e–Unicode
42-92–JIS X 0208
1-4-4–SKIP
4h4.1–TKD
0824.0–Four Corner
466–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
2084–Classic Nelson
2333–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
853–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
570–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
496–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
282–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
606–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
287–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13133–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 477
391–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
512–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
512–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
585–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
414–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
314–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
325–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
723–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
935–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
507–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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