Kanji · first appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary
砲

砲 – cannon, gun

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1268 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 砲 means cannon, gun. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 石 (no. 112).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiホウhou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 112). Components: 口・石・勹・已.

Words using 砲

Example sentences

合衆国では2億1600万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。
In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.

Kanji with the same radical

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