Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #853

bullet, twang, flip, snap

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bow yumi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

bomb
oppression; suppression
elasticity; flexibility
bullet (from a rifle)
trajectory; line of fire
ammunition; ammo
nuclear warhead
warhead
real bullet; live ammunition
shell; cannonball

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

bounce; spring
to spring; to bound
gun; pistol
hand grenade; grenade
stray bullet
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.

Example sentences

No sooner had he struck the match than the bomb exploded.

It was at that very moment that the bomb went off.

The oppressed people cried out for their liberty.

The cheap dollar is charging up exports.