掃射

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See also: 扫射

Chinese

broom; to sweep radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (掃射)
simp. (扫射)

Pronunciation


Verb

掃射

  1. to mow down with machine gun fire
  2. to strafe
  3. to scan (e.g. across the sky with spotlights); to sweep

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: S
しゃ
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

(そう)(しゃ) (sōsha

  1. mowing down with fire such as from a machine gun
  2. strafing

Verb

(そう)(しゃ)する (sōsha surutransitive suru (stem (そう)(しゃ) (sōsha shi), past (そう)(しゃ)した (sōsha shita))

  1. mow down with machine gun fire
  2. strafe

Conjugation