Kanji: 放

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	攴(攵) Radical name: とまた (のぶん)
Meaning:	Set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 300 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	放送(ほうそう)する	to broadcast
N3	放(はな)す	to separate, to set free
N3	放送(ほうそう)	broadcast, broadcasting
N2	解放(かいほう)	release, liberation, emancipation
N2	開放(かいほう)	open, throw open, liberalization
N2	放(はな)れる	to leave, to get free, to cut oneself off
N2	放(ほう)る	to let go
N1	追放(ついほう)	exile, banishment
N1	放棄(ほうき)	abandonment, renunciation, abdication (responsibility right)
N1	放射(ほうしゃ)	radiation, emission
N1	放射能(ほうしゃのう)	radioactivity
N1	放出(ほうしゅつ)	release, emit
N1	放置(ほうち)	leave as is, leave to chance, leave alone, neglect
N1	放(ほう)り込(こ)む	to throw into
N1	放(ほう)り出(だ)す	to throw out, to fire, to expel, to give up, to abandon, to neglect