漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
砲: cannon, gun
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
石 carries the meaning · 包 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 砲ほうgun; cannon; artillery
- 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; cannonball
- 大砲たいほう(large) gun; cannon; artillery
- 空砲くうほうempty gun; gun loaded with blanks
- 鉄砲てっぽうgun; firearm
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
包
Also built on wrap (包)
砲 takes the 包 family's reading, ホウ (hou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side砲 cannon · 石
vs胞 placenta · 月In ChineseSimplified 炮 · traditional, as in Japanese · pào
Japan keeps the traditional form 砲; mainland China simplifies it to 炮.
- Simplified
- 炮 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 砲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin pào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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