砲

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See also: 礮 and 炮
砲 U+7832, 砲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7832
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 砳 →

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

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai 砲
Kyūjitai
砲󠄁
砲+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
砲󠄃
砲+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

砲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. cannon, artillery

Readings

Etymology

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

/pau/ → /ɸau/ → /ɸɔː/ → /ɸoː/ → /hoː/

From Middle Chinese 炮 (MC phaewH).

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. ^ “砲”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 炮 (MC phaewH). Recorded as Middle Korean 포〯 (phwǒ) (Yale: phwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

砲 (eumhun 대포 포 (daepo po))

  1. Hanja form? of 포 (“cannon”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

砲: Hán Nôm readings: pháo

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