音読み: ホウ
訓読み: はなす・はなつ
画数: 8
部首: のぶん（攵）
Meaning
Release / Let go / Set free
- Basic forms
- 放す — to let go; to release / base form
- 放します — (I) release; let go / masu form
- 放した — released / ta form
- 放して — release and …; let go / te form
- 放さない — don’t release / negative
- 放せば — if (you) release / conditional
- 放せ — release it! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 手を放す — to let go of someone's hand
- 猫を放した — released the cat
- 放していない — haven’t released (it) yet
- More
- 放そう — let’s release / volitional
- 放さなかった — didn’t release / past negative
- 放している — is releasing; is letting go / progressive
放す（はなす） is a godan verb. It is used for physically letting go, freeing, or releasing something.
- 放す — to release, to let go
- 放つ — to fire, to shoot, to release
- 放送 — broadcast
- 解放 — release, liberation
- 放課後 — after school
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- 放置 — leaving as is, neglect
- 放火 — arson
- 放流 — discharge, release
- 散放 — scattering, emission
- 奔放 — free, wild, uninhibited
The character 放 combines 方 (direction) and 攵 (strike or action). It conveys the idea of letting something go in a certain direction — to release or set free. This character appears in many expressions involving freedom, broadcasting, or simply letting go.