放火 (ほうか) — arson, setting fire | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

arson and setting fire

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

arson, setting fire

放

set free, release, fire...

はな.す, -っぱな.し, ホウ

方

direction, person, alternative

かた, -かた, ホウ

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

攵

( 攴 ) strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)

𠂉

乂

mow, cut grass, subdue

おさ.める, か.る, ガイ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

火

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