放射

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
simp. and trad. (放射)		放	射

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fàngshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsheh
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ se⁶
    • Yale: fong seh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ se⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ sé⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ sɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-sa
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong sa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ sa⁴
    • IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ sa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-siā
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngsia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕia³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-siā
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngsia
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕia³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕia³³/

Verb

放射

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

Noun

放射

1. radiation (radioactive energy)

Synonyms

• 輻射／辐射 (fúshè)

Derived terms

放射化學／放射化学 放射性 (fàngshèxìng) 放射汙染／放射污染

放射源 放射線／放射线 (fàngshèxiàn)

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Japanese

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

Noun

放射 (hiragana ほうしゃ, rōmaji hōsha)

1. radiation; emission

Verb

放射する (hiragana ほうしゃする, rōmaji hōsha suru)

1. emit, radiate

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	放射し	ほうしゃし	hōsha shi
Continuative (連用形)	放射し	ほうしゃし	hōsha shi
Terminal (終止形)	放射する	ほうしゃする	hōsha suru
Attributive (連体形)	放射する	ほうしゃする	hōsha suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	放射すれ	ほうしゃすれ	hōsha sure
Imperative (命令形)	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