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砲 = 石 + 包

砲 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cannon”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 包 (wrap). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 571.

Keyword
cannon
RTK frame
571
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пушка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
砲 gun

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 石 stone
  2. 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.