砲 (ほう) — cannon, gun, artillery

砲ほう cannon

Frequency #1688 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. 1 character noun

hou

ほう

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ほう[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

cannon
gun
artillery

Explained in simple Japanese

たたかいで大(おお)きなたまをとおくへうつもの。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ほう砲 cannon

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Words with 砲 (9)

発(はっ)砲(ぽう) happou firing a gun 主(しゅ)砲(ほう) shuhou main battery 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 空(くう)砲(ほう) kuuhou empty gun 迫(はく)撃(げき)砲(ほう) hakugekihou mortar

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 砲 (9)

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