砲 = 石 + 包

砲 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “gun”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 包 (wrap).

Keyword: gun
Pinyin (Mandarin): pào
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: gun, cannon, пушка, cannon
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 砲 cannon

Decomposition

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石 stone
包 wrap

How to find 砲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stone” + “wrap”. 砲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 砲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.