銃 means “gun, firearm”

じゅう · juu

Also: arms

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つつ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 14 strokes

The story

Metal (金) filled (充) with powder and shot: a gun is a metal tube you load. Under Japan's strict 銃刀法, the firearms and swords law, few people own one, so 拳銃 and 銃撃 live mostly in news reports and crime novels.

Used in 銃 (juu, gun), 拳銃 (kenjuu, handgun/pistol), and 銃撃 (juugeki, shooting/gunfire)

More from Arms & the Hunt

• 甲 armor
• 網 net
• 砲 cannon
• 矢 arrow
• 剣 sword
• 盾 shield
• 矛 spear
• 釣 fish (with a line)
• 狩 hunt
• 弓 bow (archery)
• 猟 hunting (game)
• 捉 grasp

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.