ほう
放
とう
蕩

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. dissipation, prodigality, debauchery.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ほう
放
とう
蕩
 放蕩 ほうとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

set free, release, fire
ホウ　ほう.る　はな.す (3rd, N3)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
melt, be charmed, captivated
トウ　とろ.かす　うご.く (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
hot water, bath, hot spring
ゆ　トウ (3rd, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
open, sun
ヨウ (Kentei 1)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
not, must not, do not
モチ　ブツ　ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)