炮
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See also: 砲
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Translingual
Han character
炮 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火心口山 (FPRU), four-corner 97812, composition ⿰火包)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18954
- Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2196, character 12
- Unihan data for U+70AE
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 炮 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰruːs, *bruː) : semantic 火 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 炮/砲 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 炮 | |
| alternative forms | 礮 礟 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pao4
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): по (po, III)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): paau3
- Eastern Min (BUC): páu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàu / phauh
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5phau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pào
- Wade–Giles: pʻao4
- Yale: pàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
- Palladius: пао (pao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: pao4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pao
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰau²¹³/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: по (po, III)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: paau3
- Yale: paau
- Cantonese Pinyin: paau3
- Guangdong Romanization: pao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: páu
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note: phauh - "firecracker".
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: phaewH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruːs/
Definitions
炮
- large gun; cannon; artillery
- firecracker
- (Cantonese, colloquial) gun (Classifier: 支 c; 條／条 c; 轆／辘 c)
- (xiangqi) cannon: 🩥 (on the red side)
- Synonym: 🩬
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to talk big
Usage notes
- (Chinese chess): This character is usually only used on the red side, but it may also be used for both sides in some sets. The same piece on the black side is often written as 砲 or 包.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 槍 (“gun; firearm”)
Dialectal synonyms of 鞭炮 (“firecrackers”)
Coordinate terms
- (Chinese chess pieces) 帥／帅 (shuài) / 將／将, 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥／伡 / 車／车, 傌 / 㐷 / 馬／马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲／炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒
Compounds
- 一炮而紅／一炮而红 (yīpào'érhóng)
- 亂放炮／乱放炮
- 信炮
- 加農炮／加农炮 (jiānóngpào)
- 午炮
- 反坦克炮
- 吹大炮 (chuī dàpào)
- 啞炮／哑炮
- 嘴炮 (zuǐpào)
- 土炮 (tǔpào)
- 大炮 (dàpào)
- 娘炮 (niángpào)
- 小鋼炮／小钢炮
- 平射炮
- 快炮
- 打炮 (dǎpào)
- 打炮戲／打炮戏
- 打隔山炮
- 打頭炮／打头炮 (dǎtóupào)
- 排炮
- 摔炮
- 攻炮城
- 放冷炮
- 放炮 (fàngpào)
- 放空炮
- 放花炮
- 放鞭炮
- 放響炮／放响炮
- 曲射炮
- 榴彈炮／榴弹炮 (liúdànpào)
- 榴炮
- 機關炮／机关炮 (jīguānpào)
- 步兵炮
- 沖天炮／冲天炮
- 火炮 (huǒpào)
- 火箭炮 (huǒjiànpào)
- 炮仗 (pàozhang)
- 炮位
- 炮兵 (pàobīng)
- 炮兵學校／炮兵学校
- 炮口
- 炮塔 (pàotǎ)
- 炮壘／炮垒
- 炮子兒／炮子儿
- 炮山河 (Pàoshān Hé)
- 炮彈／炮弹 (pàodàn)
- 炮戰／炮战 (pàozhàn)
- 炮手 (pàoshǒu)
- 炮打燈兒／炮打灯儿
- 炮擊／炮击 (pàojī)
- 炮操
- 炮樓／炮楼 (pàolóu)
- 炮火 (pàohuǒ)
- 炮火連天／炮火连天
- 炮灰 (pàohuī)
- 炮目線／炮目线
- 炮眼 (pàoyǎn)
- 炮竹 (pàozhú)
- 炮竹紅／炮竹红
- 炮筒子
- 炮臺／炮台 (pàotái)
- 炮艇
- 炮艦／炮舰 (pàojiàn)
- 炮衣
- 炮身
- 炮車／炮车
- 炮轟／炮轰 (pàohōng)
- 炮銅／炮铜
- 炮銃／炮铳
- 炮門／炮门
- 當頭炮／当头炮 (dāngtóupào)
- 盒子炮 (hézipào)
- 禮炮／礼炮 (lǐpào)
- 窩裡炮／窝里炮
- 窩裡發炮／窝里发炮
- 第一炮
- 糖衣炮彈／糖衣炮弹 (tángyī pàodàn)
- 船堅炮利／船坚炮利 (chuánjiānpàolì)
- 艦炮／舰炮
- 花炮 (huāpào)
- 蜂炮
- 起身炮
- 車大炮／车大炮
- 軌道炮／轨道炮
- 迫擊炮／迫击炮
- 連珠炮／连珠炮
- 重炮
- 重炮手
- 金門炮戰／金门炮战
- 開炮／开炮
- 開頭炮／开头炮
- 霹靂炮／霹雳炮
- 鞭炮 (biānpào)
- 風雷火炮／风雷火炮
- 馬後炮／马后炮 (mǎhòupào)
- 高射炮 (gāoshèpào)
- 鳴炮／鸣炮 (míngpào)
- 鹽水蜂炮／盐水蜂炮
Descendants
Others:
Etymology 2
| trad. | 炮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 炮 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: páo
- Wade–Giles: pʻao2
- Yale: páu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
- Palladius: пао (pao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: paau4
- Yale: pàauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: paau4
- Guangdong Romanization: pao4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: baew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*bruː/
Definitions
炮
- (historical) to wrap hirsute meat with mud and roast it on fire
- (by extension) to roast; to burn
- (traditional Chinese medicine) to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching
- Alternative form of 庖 (páo, “chef”)
Compounds
Etymology 3
| trad. | 炮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 炮 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bao
- Wade–Giles: pao1
- Yale: bāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
- Palladius: бао (bao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: baau3 / baau1
- Yale: baau / bāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: baau3 / baau1
- Guangdong Romanization: bao3 / bao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːu̯³³/, /paːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
炮
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
炮
- sear
- roast, burn
Readings
- Go-on: ひょう (hyō)←へう (feu, historical)、びょう (byō)←べう (beu, historical)
- Kan-on: ほう (hō)←はう (fau, historical)
- Kun: あぶる (aburu, 炮る)
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
炮: Hán Nôm readings: pháo, than, bác, bào
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