砲
砲 — Cannon
cannon, gun
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 砲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発砲 | はっぽう happou | firing; discharge of gun |
| 砲撃 | ほうげき hougeki | bombarding; shelling; bombardment |
| 砲 | ほう hou | gun; cannon; artillery |
| 主砲 | しゅほう shuhou | main battery; main armament; best hitter |
| 砲弾 | ほうだん houdan | shell; cannonball |
| 大砲 | たいほう taihou | (large) gun; cannon; artillery |
Study notes
砲 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1268 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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