Kanji Details:
- 砲
- Frequency:1268
- Kun: nan
- On: ホウ
- Meaning: cannon, gun
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 砲 ほう gun, cannon, artillery, ordnance 発砲 はっぽう firing, discharge of gun 砲撃 ほうげき bombarding, shelling, bombardment 主砲 しゅほう main battery, main armament 砲弾 ほうだん shell 大砲 たいほう gun, cannon, artillery 空砲 くうほう blank shot or cartridge, blank ammunition 鉄砲 てっぽう gun; wooden pole that sumo wrestlers strike in practice (practise); fugu 砲火 ほうか gunfire, fire 迫撃砲 はくげきほう mortar