Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #1268

cannon, gun

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

stone ishi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

firing; discharge of gun
bombarding; shelling
gun; cannon
main battery; main armament
shell; cannonball
(large) gun; cannon
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks
gun; firearm
gunfire; fire
mortar

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

shot put

Example sentences

He fired a shot at random.

Bring the guns into play when the enemy approaches us.

We fired guns at the enemy.

The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.