Japanese symbol for “ricochet”
跳弾
ちょうだん
Romaji: choudan
ricochet
In Japanese, ricochet is 跳弾, read ちょうだん (choudan).
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Meanings
- n ricochet
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跳躍 | ちょうやく chouyaku | jump; leap; skip |
| 跳ねる | はねる haneru | to jump; to leap; to prance |
| 跳ね | はね hane | (a) jump |
| 縄跳び | なわとび nawatobi | skipping rope; jump rope |
| 跳馬 | ちょうば chouba | long horse (for vaulting) |
| 棒高跳び | ぼうたかとび boutakatobi | pole vault |
| 爆弾 | ばくだん bakudan | bomb |
| 弾圧 | だんあつ dan'atsu | oppression; suppression; pressure |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ricochet”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.