銃
銃 — Gun
gun, arms
On’yomiジュウ (juu)
Kun’yomiつつ (tsutsu)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 銃
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 銃 | じゅう juu | gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc) |
| 銃撃 | じゅうげき juugeki | shooting; gunning (down) |
| 銃弾 | じゅうだん juudan | bullet (from a rifle) |
| 小銃 | しょうじゅう shoujuu | rifle; small arms |
| 短銃 | たんじゅう tanjuu | pistol |
| 機関銃 | きかんじゅう kikanjuu | machine gun |
Study notes
銃 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1013 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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