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砲
JLPT N1 10 strokes Frequency: #1268

Meanings

Cannon, Gun

Radicals

石

Decomposition

⿰石包

Etymology

Pictophonetic: stone

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 diagonal top-to-bottom
3 vertical bottom-to-top
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ホウ hou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

118 words total
Other (18 words)
空気砲 くうきほう

air cannon (toy)

砲銅 ほうどう

gun metal

後座砲 こうざほう

cannon containing a recoil system

鉄砲責め てっぽうぜめ

form of torture in which molten lead is poured over the victim's back

砲尾 ほうび

gun breech

口装砲 こうそうほう

muzzleloader

明治の大砲 めいじのたいほう

poor swing

文春砲 ぶんしゅんほう

damaging article published by the Shūkan Bunshun weekly

四国艦隊下関砲撃事件 しこくかんたいしものせきほうげきじけん

Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864)

人間大砲 にんげんたいほう

human cannonball

ロケット砲 ロケットほう

rocket launcher

長距離砲 ちょうきょりほう

long-distance artillery

発砲音 はっぽうおん

sound of a shot

鉄砲雨 てっぽうあめ

pelting rain

大艦巨砲主義 たいかんきょほうしゅぎ

big-ship, big-gun advocacy

電磁砲 でんじほう

electromagnetic gun

鉄砲鍛冶 てっぽうかじ

gunsmith

固定砲 こていほう

fixed artillery

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