EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold

    気にいったものはなかなか手放しがたいものだ。
    It's not easy to part with one's favorite possessions.
  2. lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

Also written 手離し【てばなし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
はな.す-っぱな.しはな.つはな.れるこ.くほう.る
On
ホウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
288 of 2500
Radical
rap
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

はなれ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4h4.1The Kanji Dictionary
0824.0Four corner code
466deroo
653eUnicode hex code
1-42-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2084Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2333New Nelson (John Haig)
853New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
570Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
496Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
535Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
282A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
606Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
287Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13133Morohashi
391A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
512Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
512sakade
585Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
414henshall3
314Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
325crowley
723Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
935Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
507Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fang4Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level