鐵砲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鐵	砲
てつ > てっ Hyōgai	ほう > ぽう Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鐵砲 – see the following entry.

【鉄砲てっぽう】 [noun] gun [noun] (sumo) teppo. [noun] (Kansai, slang) pufferfish, 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), punning on あたる (ataru, “poisoned; shot”), i.e., a pufferfish is something that can poison you, just as a gun is something that can shoot you.

(This term, 鐵砲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
鐵	砲

Noun

鐵砲 • (cheolpo) (hangeul 철포)

1. hanja form^? of 철포