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Level XII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1471 / 2,608

Cannon

On’yomi
ほう
Kun’yomi
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Radical
石 Stone (Kangxi 112)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 暑 (Hot), less common than 丘 (Hill).

A stone on the left is wrapped on the right — wrap a stone in a sling and you've got a primitive cannon projectile.

In words

鉄砲 てっぽう gunN2

砲 is rank 1471 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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