放射

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (放射)		放	射
simp. #(放射)		放	射

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 放射(ほうしゃ) (hōsha, “radiation”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ se⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fong-sa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-siā / pàng-siā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngshè
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-shê⁴
    • Yale: fàng-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsheh
    • Palladius: фаншэ (fanšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ se⁶
    • Yale: fong seh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ se⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ sé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ sɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-sa
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong sa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ sa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-siā
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngsia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sia²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sia³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sia³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-siā
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsia
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sia³³/

Verb

放射

1. to radiate; to emit
2. to shoot; to fire; to launch

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 放射

1. radiation (radioactive energy)

Synonyms

• 輻射／辐射 (fúshè)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
放	射
ほう Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

放(ほう)射(しゃ) • (hōsha) 

1. radiation; emission

Verb

放(ほう)射(しゃ)する • (hōsha suru) suru (stem 放(ほう)射(しゃ)し (hōsha shi), past 放(ほう)射(しゃ)した (hōsha shita))

1. emit, radiate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "放射する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	放射し	ほうしゃし	hōsha shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	放射し	ほうしゃし	hōsha shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	放射する	ほうしゃする	hōsha suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	放射する	ほうしゃする	hōsha suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	放射すれ	ほうしゃすれ	hōsha sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	放射せよ¹ 放射しろ²	ほうしゃせよ¹ ほうしゃしろ²	hōsha seyo¹ hōsha shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	放射される	ほうしゃされる	hōsha sareru
Causative	放射させる 放射さす	ほうしゃさせる ほうしゃさす	hōsha saseru hōsha sasu
Potential	放射できる	ほうしゃできる	hōsha dekiru
Volitional	放射しよう	ほうしゃしよう	hōsha shiyō
Negative	放射しない	ほうしゃしない	hōsha shinai
Negative continuative	放射せず	ほうしゃせず	hōsha sezu
Formal	放射します	ほうしゃします	hōsha shimasu
Perfective	放射した	ほうしゃした	hōsha shita
Conjunctive	放射して	ほうしゃして	hōsha shite
Hypothetical conditional	放射すれば	ほうしゃすれば	hōsha sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Descendants

• Chinese: 放射 (fàngshè)
• Korean: 방사 (bangsa)
• Vietnamese: phóng xạ