放

Release

Also: Set Free, Shoot, Emit, Let Go

On'yomi

  • ほう hou

Kun'yomi

  • はな(す) hanasu
  • っぱな ppana
  • こ ko
  • ほう hou
Stroke count
8
Radical
攴 rap · Kangxi radical 66
JLPT level
N3
School grade
Grade 3

放 has 8 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 攴 (rap), number 66. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 3 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N3 kanji list · Grade 3 kanji list · All kanji