砲 — cannon, gun

ほう砲 cannon

ほう

U+7832 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1268 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #571 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

cannon
gun

Readings

On'yomi: ほう hou

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ほう・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

砲(ほう) hou cannon 発(はっ) 砲(ぽう) happou firing a gun 主(しゅ) 砲(ほう) shuhou main battery 鉄(てっ) 砲(ぽう) teppou gun 大(たい) 砲(ほう) taihou (large) gun 砲(ほう) 弾(だん) houdan shell 砲(ほう) 撃(げき) hougeki bombarding 砲(ほう) 火(か) houka gunfire

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いし石 stone #112

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ほう・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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ほう ・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Words by frequency and grade

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

ほう・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).