銃つつつつじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1noungun; firearm; long-barreled gunarchaicArchaic term for firearms, especially long-barreled guns like muskets or rifles. In modern Japanese, 銃 is read じゅう and 砲 is read ほう.古こ文ぶん書しょには「つつ」と書かいて鉄てっ砲ぽうを指さすことがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn old documents, つつ is sometimes written to refer to a gun.