Kanji1 / 10
砲 kanji
cannon, gun
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ホウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 砲
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —単装砲single-mounted gun (naval turret, tank, etc.)
- —連装砲mounting for two or more guns (e.g. naval turret, tank)
- —鉄砲蝦snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn
- —空気砲air cannon (toy)
- —後座砲cannon containing a recoil system
- —口装砲muzzleloader
- —文春砲damaging article published by the Shūkan Bunshun weekly
- —発砲音sound of a shot; gunfire
- —舷側砲broadside gun; broadside cannon
- —鉄砲雨pelting rain; torrential rain; downpour
- —電磁砲electromagnetic gun; railgun
- —固定砲fixed artillery; fixed gun
- —列車砲railway gun; railroad gun; railway artillery
- —鉄砲隊corps of musketeers; matchlock troops; firearms squad
- —鉄砲組musketeer corps; arquebusier unit; unit of foot soldiers armed with firearms
- —カノン砲cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
- —十字砲火cross fire
- —対空砲火anti-aircraft fire; flak
- —砲艦外交gunboat diplomacy
- —無反動砲recoilless rifle; recoilless gun