砲

cannon, gun

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

づつ

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1268

Vocabulary

ホウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
主砲	シュホウ	main battery; main armament; best hitter; center of the offense
大砲	タイホウ	(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
迫撃砲	ハクゲキホウ	mortar
砲火	ホウカ	gunfire; fire
砲撃	ホウゲキ	bombarding; shelling; bombardment

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
鉄砲	てっぽう	gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
発砲スチロール	はっぽうスチロール	styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene
発砲	はっぽう	firing; discharge of gun
砲	ほう	gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
水鉄砲	みずでっぽう	water pistol; squirt gun; water gun

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