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
- —砲丸投shot put
- —ひじ鉄砲elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
- —鉄砲海老snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn
- —発砲ゴムfoam rubber
- —発砲スチロールstyrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene
- —カルヴァリン砲culverin
- —下手な鉄砲も数打てば当たるeven the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots