This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ホウ、はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる、こ.く、ほう.る
Romaji: hou, hana.su, -ppana.shi, hana.tsu, hana.reru, ko.ku, hou.ru
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: はなれ
Romaji: hanare
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

12345678

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  70
Frequency:  288
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-4-4
Korean Reading:  bang
Chinese Reading:  fang4
Unicode:  653e
JIS:  4A7C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 853
Nelson Index: 2084
New Nelson Index: 2333
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4h4.1
Four Corner Index: 0824.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 391
Gakken Index: 282
Japanese Names Index: 606
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13133
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0477
Remembering the kanji Index: 496
Kanji Way Index: 325
Kanji Flashcards Index: 585
Kodansha Compact Index: 935
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 414
Kanji in Context Index: 723
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 570
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 754
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 507
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 535
Essential Kanji Index: 287
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1058
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 466
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 512
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 314

Words

放送 (ほうそう)
broadcast; broadcasting
放つ (はなつ)
to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind; to free; to release; to give off (e.g. a scent); to emit (e.g. light)
生放送 (なまほうそう)
live broadcast
開放 (かいほう)
open; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation
放出 (ほうしゅつ)
release; emission; ejection
解放 (かいほう)
release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free; deallocation (of computer memory)
放映 (ほうえい)
televising
追放 (ついほう)
exile; banishment; eviction; deportation; transportation
放射 (ほうしゃ)
radiation; emission
放棄 (ほうき)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
Find More