See also: 炮艦 and 炮舰

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 炮艦 (“gunship; gunboat”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 炮艦).

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: S
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ほう)(かん) (hōkan

  1. gunboat

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN