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Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 331 / 2,608

Release

On’yomi
ほう
Kun’yomi
はな
Radical
攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)
School grade
3
Strokes
8

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

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

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 broadcastN4
放す はなす to separate,to set freeN3
放る ほうる to let goN2

放 is rank 331 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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