砲丸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砲	丸
ほう Grade: S	がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Particularly: “砲 (hō, “gun, firearm, cannon, artillery”) +‎ 丸 (-gan, “round, circular”)?”

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーがん [hòógáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

砲(ほう)丸(がん) • (hōgan) ^{←はうぐわん (faugwan)^?}

cannonball
shot (the heavy iron ball used for the shot put)

Synonyms

(cannonball): 砲(ほう)弾(だん) (hōdan)

Derived terms

砲(ほう)丸(がん)投(なげ) (hōgannage)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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