Definition of 放課 (ほうか)

noun
1.
dismissal of class (at the end of the day)
See also:放課後
2.
recess (at school), break(Nagoya dialect)
Related Kanji
放 set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
課 chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)