The kanji 砲: meaning, readings and stroke order

砲

Meaning: cannon, gun
On reading: ホウ hou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 石 stone
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: pháo, súng (pháo)
Japanese: たいほう。てっぽう。
Korean: 대포, 총 (포)
Chinese: 炮、枪 (炮)

Readings, words and example sentences

ホウ hou · on reading

鉄てっ砲ぽう
gun (old-style)
むかしの 鉄てっ砲ぽうを見ました。
I saw a gun from long ago.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.