炮烙

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Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	bake; flat iron; large cake
trad. (炮烙)		炮	烙
simp. ^#(炮烙)		炮	烙

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炮烙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páoluò

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ lok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: páoluò
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: páoluò
  - Wade–Giles: pʻao²-lo⁴
  - Yale: páu-lwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurluoh
  - Palladius: паоло (paolo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau⁴ lok³
  - Yale: pàauh lok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ lok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ log³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ lɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: baew lak

Rime
Character	炮	烙
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	薄交切	盧各切
Baxter	baew	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠau/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚau/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bau/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨw/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/bau/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/bau/	/lɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱau/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páo	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paau⁴	lok⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bruː ɡ·raːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炮	烙
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	286	3870
Phonetic component	勹	各
Rime group	幽	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	庖	落
Old Chinese	/*bruː/	/*ɡ·raːɡ/

Noun

炮烙

a paoluo, a hot pillar for torture, said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang to entertain his consort Daji

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

炮烙 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Chinese 炮烙 (páoluò). Compare Mandarin 炮烙 (páolào).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーらく (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

(Tokyo) ほーろく (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

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)

Alternative spelling of 焙烙
(history) a paolao
- 1996 November 1, Ryū Fujisaki, “第(だい)３(さん)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♡

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