Kanji1 / 12
弾 kanji
bullet, twang, flip, snap
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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Kun readings
ひく-ひきはずむたまはじくはじけるただすはじきゆみ
Variant forms
彈Words with 弾
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —弾琴playing on the koto
- —弾発elasticity; elastic material (spring, etc.)
- —投弾dropping a bomb; bomb drop; slingstone
- —弾正judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office
- —跳弾ricochet
- —残弾remaining bullets; remaining ammunition
- —弾帯bandolier; bandoleer; ammo belt; driving band (of a shell or bullet); rotating band
- —弾指snapping the fingers (esp. by striking the side of the middle finger with the thumb; to indicate consent, joy, a warning, etc.); moment; instant; criticism; shunning; rejection
- —試弾trying out (a piano, organ, etc.); test-playing; test-firing (a gun, cannon, etc.)
- —弾棋ancient Chinese board game similar to go
- —弾機spring (device)
- —弾糸elater; plucking (a stringed instrument)
- —光弾flare; star shell
- —弾速bullet speed; muzzle velocity
- —曳火弾time-fuze shell; time-fuse shell; air-burst shell
- —曳光弾tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb
- —核爆弾nuclear bomb
- —催涙弾tear-gas bomb
- —散弾銃shotgun
- —弾道弾(ballistic) missile