砲 — kanji meaning “cannon”
砲
cannon, gun
- Meanings
- cannon, gun
- On'yomi
- ホウ (hou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- づつ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1268 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 112
- Chinese reading
- pào — Chinese character page
Words with 砲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大砲 | たいほう taihou | (large) gun; cannon; artillery |
| 鉄砲 | てっぽう teppou | gun; firearm |
| 発砲 | はっぽう happou | firing; discharge of gun |
| 砲撃 | ほうげき hougeki | bombarding; shelling; bombardment |
| 主砲 | しゅほう shuhou | main battery; main armament |
| 砲弾 | ほうだん houdan | shell; cannonball |
| 砲兵 | ほうへい houhei | artillery; gunner |
| 砲火 | ほうか houka | gunfire; fire |
| 空砲 | くうほう kuuhou | empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank |
| 水鉄砲 | みずでっぽう mizudeppou | water pistol; squirt gun; water gun |
| 砲台 | ほうだい houdai | (gun) battery; fort |
| 砲身 | ほうしん houshin | gun barrel |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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