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砲

cannon
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. cannonRtK
    彼は発砲したが当たらなかった。He fired but missed.tatoeba
    彼はでたらめに発砲した。He fired a shot at random.tatoeba
  2. gun
  1. artillery
  2. ordnance

Homonyms

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Same reading (ほう)
方 · direction報 · information法 · law

Radicals and components

Radical石stone
Components
How it's built
砲
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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stone (石) · rock (石) · wrap · bound up (乙) · snake (乙) · self (自)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 571

Compound words

主砲しゅほう
main battery; main armament; best hitter; center of the offense
大砲たいほう
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
鉄砲てっぽう
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
発砲はっぽう
firing; discharge of gun
砲火ほうか
gunfire; fire
砲撃ほうげき
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
砲弾ほうだん
shell; cannonball
砲兵ほうへい
artillery; gunner
空砲くうほう
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
迫撃砲はくげきほう
mortar
臼砲きゅうほう
mortar
火砲かほう
(large) gun
巨砲きょほう
huge gun
午砲ごほう
noon gun
砲廓ほうかく
armored enclosure for guns on a warship
砲熕ほうこう
artillery
弩砲どほう
ballista
加農砲カノンほう
cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
曲射砲きょくしゃほう
howitzer
原子砲げんしほう
atomic cannon
高射砲こうしゃほう
antiaircraft gun
榴弾砲りゅうだんほう
howitzer
カノン砲カノンほう
cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
剣付き鉄砲けんつきでっぽう
fixed bayonet

Additional Examples

彼は私よりも砲丸を遠くまで投げた。
He put the shot farther than I did.tatoeba
彼はでたらめに発砲した。
He fired a shot at random.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 砲

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step