炮烙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炮	烙
ほう Hyōgai	らく Hyōgai
kan'on

Kanji in this term
炮	烙
ほう Hyōgai	らく > ろく Hyōgai
kan'on	irregular

Etymology

From Chinese 炮烙. Compare Mandarin 炮烙 (páolào).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーろく [hòórókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

炮(ほう)烙(らく) • (hōraku) ^{←はうらく (fauraku)?}
(alternative reading hiragana ほうろく, rōmaji hōroku, historical hiragana はうろく)

1. Alternative spelling of 焙烙
2. (history) a paolao, a hot pillar for torture, said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang to entertain his consort Daji
   • 1996 November 1, Ryū Fujisaki, “第(だい)３回(かい)　妲(だっ)己(き)ちゃん 炮(ほう)烙(らく)を造(つく)る [Chapter 3: Daji-chan Devises the Paolao]”, in 封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ) [Investiture of the Gods], volume 1 (fiction; paperback), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

     なっ…何(なん)だ　これは
     炮(ほう)烙(らく)ですわん♡この中(なか)で炎(ほのお)を燃(も)やしあのふ(・)い(・)ご(・)で高(こう)温(おん)にすると　この銅(どう)柱(ちゅう)はまっ赤(か)になるのん♡そこに罪(ざい)人(にん)を抱(だ)きつかせる———という処(しょ)刑(けい)道(どう)具(ぐ)ですわん♡

     Na'…Nan da kore wa
     Hōraku desu wan♡ Kono naka de honō o moyashi ano FUIGO de kōon ni suru to kono dōchū wa makka ni naru non♡ Soko ni zainin o dakitsukaseru ———to iu shokei dōgu desu wan♡

     Wh…What the hell are these?
     These are Paolao♡ We will set fire inside them with the BELLOWS over there, and once we do, these copper pillars will become hot red♡ And then we will push the criminal on them ———These are devices of execution♡