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砲

cannon
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingホウ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. cannonRtK
  2. gun
  1. artillery
  2. ordnance

Radicals and components

Radical石stoneComponents

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

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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