小銃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	銃
しょう Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

小 (shō, “small”) +‎ 銃 (jū, “gun”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーじゅう [shòójúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːʑɨː]

Noun

小(しょう)銃(じゅう) • (shōjū) ^{←せうじゆう (seuzyuu)?}

1. a rifle (firearm with a rifled barrel)

Derived terms

• 自(じ)動(どう)小(しょう)銃(じゅう) (jidō shōjū, “automatic rifle”)

References

• “小銃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026