漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
銃: gun, arms
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 充 gives the sound
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジュウjuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 銃じゅうgun; firearm
- 銃撃じゅうげきshooting; gunning (down)
- 銃弾じゅうだん
- 小銃しょうじゅうrifle; small arms
- 短銃たんじゅうpistol
- 銃声じゅうせいsound of a gunshot; report of a gun
- 銃器じゅうきsmall arms
- 拳銃けんじゅうpistol; handgun
Also read つつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ジュウ
11 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 铳 · traditional, as in Japanese · chòng
Japan keeps the traditional form 銃; mainland China simplifies it to 铳.
- Simplified
- 铳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 銃 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chòng 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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