炮

See also: 砲

Translingual

Han character

炮 (radical 86 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火心口山 (FPRU), four-corner 9781₂, composition ⿰火包)

1. large gun, cannon
2. artillery

References

• KangXi: page 668, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18954
• Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2196, character 12
• Unihan data for U+70AE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

炮 (Jyutping baau1, paau3, Yale baau1, paau3)

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Japanese

Kanji

炮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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1. sear
2. roast, burn

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: あぶる (aburu)

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Korean

Hanja

炮 (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

炮 (Pinyin pào (pao4), Wade-Giles p'ao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

炮 (pháo, than, bác, bào)

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