# 放 — Release

Frequency rank 331 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 注 (Pour), less common than 造 (Create).

- On’yomi: ほう
- Kun’yomi: はな
- Radical: 攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 8

A direction (方) sign sits on a stool (攵) — releasing a bird from the stool, it flies in every direction, set free.

In words:

- 放送 ほうそう・する — to broadcast
- 放す はなす — to separate,to set free
- 放る ほうる — to let go

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