Memory phrase for the Kanji: 砲

砲

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Meaning cannon, slingshot, gun barrel

Pronunciation

HŌ

Explanation

Left: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口), right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)

Mnemonic
 
Stones are 'wrapped' in a slingshot (catapult), which is like a cannon.

Radicals

石 stoneShows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
包 pack, wrap, envelopWrap 勹 it yourself 己, and it is well packed.
勹 wrap
己 I, myself
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 Vocabulary

鉄砲 てっぽう  gun
発砲事件 はっぽうじけん  shooting incident

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