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Kanji Detail for 銃 - "gun, firearm"

銃

  • Meaning

    銃 means "gun, firearm."

    1. Gun - A weapon that fires projectiles.

    2. Firearm - A portable gun.

  • Words using 銃

    • 銃撃 じゅうげき Listen shooting; gunning (down)
    • 銃弾 じゅうだん Listen bullet (from a rifle)
    • 小銃 しょうじゅう Listen rifle; small arms
    • 短銃 たんじゅう Listen pistol
    • 機関銃 きかんじゅう Listen machine gun
    • 銃声 じゅうせい Listen sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
    • 銃器 じゅうき Listen small arms
    • 拳銃 けんじゅう Listen pistol; handgun

  • Tattoo check: 銃

    • Verified meaning: gun, firearm
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゅうじ, そうじ, むねうち, むねとう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 銃

    Surnames 銃(しゅうじ)Listen 銃(そうじ)Listen 銃(むねうち)Listen 銃(むねとう)Listen 銃(むねのり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gun; arms

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ancient weapon, blunderbuss

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ancient firearm; gun

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ancient weapon; blunderbuss

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The hole in an axe. The part that receives the handle. | Today borrowed as the name for firearms. As in hunting birds is called 鳥銃.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    juu(ジュウ) ジュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsutsu(つつ) つつ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    gun firearm musket tube ammunition barrel cartridge holster hunting military pistol portable revolver rifle scope shooting silencer target trigger

Sentences including 銃

  • All at once we heard a shot.

  • He had a gun on his person.

  • Police can't be trigger happy.

  • Put the gun on the table.

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