砲

See also: 礮 and 炮

Translingual

Han character

砲 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口心口山 (MRPRU), four-corner 1761₂, composition ⿰石包)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 829, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24120
• Dae Jaweon: page 1244, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2425, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7832

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 砲 – see 炮 (“large gun; cannon; artillery; firecracker; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 炮).

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Japanese

Kanji

砲

(Jōyō kanji)

1. cannon, artillery

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
砲
ほう Grade: S
on'yomi

/ɸeu/ → /hoː/

From Middle Chinese 炮 (MC phaewH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほー [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

Noun

砲(ほう) • (hō) ^{←はう (fau)?}

1. gun, firearm
2. (by extension) Alternative spelling of 大砲 (“cannon, artillery”)

Suffix

砲(ほう) • (-hō) ^{←はう (fau)?}

1. gun
2. cannon, artillery
3. ordnance

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Korean

Hanja

砲 • (po)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 포 (revised: po, McCune–Reischauer: p'o, Yale: pho)
  • Name (hangeul): 대포 포
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 砲 (pháo)

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