炮

See also: 砲
炮 U+70AE, 炮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AE
← 炭
[U+70AD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炯 →
[U+70AF]

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
  • 𪺃, 𬋗, 𬋚

References
  • KangXi: 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
trad. 炮/砲
simp. 炮
砲 – “cannon; firecracker”

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 炮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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, OC *pʰruːs, *bruː) : semantic 火 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 炮
Mandarin Beijing /pʰɑu⁵¹/
Harbin /pʰau⁵³/
Tianjin /pʰɑu⁵³/
Jinan /pʰɔ²¹/
Qingdao /pʰɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pʰau³¹²/
Xi'an /pʰau⁴⁴/
Xining /pʰɔ²¹³/
Yinchuan /pʰɔ¹³/
Lanzhou /pʰɔ¹³/
Ürümqi /pʰɔ²¹³/
Wuhan /pʰau³⁵/
Chengdu /pʰau¹³/
Guiyang /pʰao²¹³/
Kunming /pʰɔ²¹²/
Nanjing /pʰɔo⁴⁴/
Hefei /pʰɔ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /pʰau⁴⁵/
Pingyao /pʰɔ³⁵/
Hohhot /pʰɔ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /pʰɔ³⁵/
Suzhou /pʰæ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /pʰɔ⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /pʰuɔ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /pʰɔ³²⁴/
/pʰo³²⁴/
Tunxi /pʰo⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /pʰau⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /pʰaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /pʰɑu²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /pʰau⁵³/
Taoyuan /pʰɑu⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pʰau³³/
Nanning /pʰau³³/
Hong Kong /pʰau³³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /pʰau²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /pʰɑu²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /pʰau³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /pʰau²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /fau³⁵/
Rime
Character 炮
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 匹皃切
Baxter phaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰaɨwH/
Li
Rong		 /pʰauH/
Wang
Li		 /pʰauH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 paau3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炮
Reading # 1/2
No. 280
Phonetic
component		 勹
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 奅
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰruːs/

Definitions

炮

  1. large gun; cannon; artillery
  2. firecracker
  3. (Cantonese, colloquial) gun (Classifier: 支 c; 條／条 c)
  4. (xiangqi) cannon
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”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 槍, 槍械, 槍支
Mandarin Beijing 槍
Taiwan 槍
Tianjin 槍
Tangshan 槍
Cangzhou 槍
Baoding 槍
Shijiazhuang 槍
Chifeng 槍
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 槍
Harbin 槍
Shenyang 槍
Yantai (Muping) 槍
Qingdao 槍
Jinan 槍
Luoyang 槍
Wanrong 槍
Zhengzhou 槍
Xi'an 槍
Yinchuan 槍
Lanzhou 槍
Xining 槍
Ürümqi 槍
Wuhan 槍
Chengdu 槍
Chongqing 槍
Guiyang 槍
Kunming 槍
Guilin 槍
Liuzhou 槍
Xuzhou 槍
Yangzhou 槍
Nanjing 槍
Hefei 槍
Nantong 槍
Singapore 槍
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 槍
Cantonese Guangzhou 槍
Hong Kong 槍, 炮, 鐵
Taishan 槍
Dongguan 槍
Singapore (Guangfu) 槍
Gan Lichuan 槍
Pingxiang 槍
Hakka Meixian 槍
Yudu 槍
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 銃仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 銃仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 銃仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 銃
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 銃
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 銃
Huizhou Jixi 槍
Shexian 槍
Jin Taiyuan 槍
Xinzhou 槍
Linhe 槍
Jining 槍
Hohhot 槍
Zhangjiakou 槍
Handan 槍
Min Dong Fuzhou 槍, 銃
Matsu 槍
Min Nan Xiamen 銃, 銃支
Quanzhou 銃, 銃支
Jinjiang 銃
Zhangzhou 銃, 銃支
Zhangpu 銃
Tainan 銃
Penang (Hokkien) 銃
Singapore (Hokkien) 銃, 銃支
Manila (Hokkien) 銃
Shantou 槍
Jieyang 銃, 槍
Haikou 槍
Puxian Min Putian 銃
Xianyou 銃
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 槍
Wu Shanghai 槍
Shanghai (Chongming) 槍
Suzhou 槍
Danyang 槍
Hangzhou 槍
Jinhua 槍
Xiang Changsha 槍
Loudi 槍
Dialectal synonyms of 鞭炮 (“firecrackers”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鞭炮, 爆竹, 爆仗, 炮仗
Mandarin Beijing 炮仗, 炮, 炮銃
Taiwan 鞭炮, 爆竹
Harbin 炮仗
Yantai (Muping) 鞭炮, 炮仗
Jinan 爆仗
Luoyang 鞭炮
Xi'an 炮, 鞭炮
Yinchuan 鞭炮
Xining 炮仗
Ürümqi 炮仗子
Wuhan 炮中, 鞭炮
Chengdu 火炮兒, 爆竹, 鞭炮
Guiyang 炮仗
Kunming 炮仗
Liuzhou 炮仗
Xuzhou 鞭炮
Yangzhou 炮仗
Nanjing 炮仗
Hefei 炮仗
Singapore 鞭炮
Cantonese Guangzhou 炮仗
Hong Kong 炮仗
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 炮仗, 連排
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 連排
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 爆仗
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 爆仗
Macau 炮仗
Guangzhou (Panyu) 炮仗
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 炮仗
Guangzhou (Conghua) 炮仗
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 炮仗
Foshan 炮仗
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 炮上
Foshan (Shunde) 炮仗
Foshan (Sanshui) 炮仗
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 炮仗
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 炮仗
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 炮仗
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 炮仗
Zhuhai (Doumen) 炮仗
Jiangmen (Baisha) 炮仗
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 炮仗
Taishan 炮仗
Kaiping (Chikan) 炮仗
Enping (Niujiang) 炮仗
Heshan (Yayao) 炮仗
Dongguan 炮仗
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 炮仗
Qingyuan 炮仗
Fogang 炮仗
Yingde (Hanguang) 炮仗
Yangshan 紙炮
Lianshan (Butian) 紙炮
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 紙炮
Shaoguan 炮仗
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 炮仗
Renhua 炮仗
Lechang 炮仗
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 炮仗
Sihui 炮仗
Guangning 炮仗
Deqing 炮仗
Huaiji 炮仗
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 炮仗
Yunfu 炮仗
Xinxing 炮仗
Luoding 炮仗
Yunan (Pingtai) 炮仗
Yangjiang 炮仗
Danzhou 炮仗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 炮仗
Singapore (Guangfu) 炮仗
Yangon (Taishan) 炮仗
Mandalay (Taishan) 炮仗
Gan Nanchang 爆竹
Lichuan 炮竹
Pingxiang 爆竹
Hakka Meixian 紙炮仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 炮仗
Dongguan (Qingxi) 炮仗
Boluo (Bendihua) 炮仗
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 炮仗
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 紙炮
Heyuan (Bendihua) 紙炮, 火炮
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 炮仗, 紙炮
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 炮仗, 紙炮
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 紙炮
Conghua (Lütian) 鞭炮
Yudu 鞭炮, 爆竹
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 爆竹, 紙炮, 紙炮仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 爆竹, 紙炮
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 爆竹, 紙炮
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 爆竹, 紙炮
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 爆竹, 紙炮
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 爆竹, 炮
Hong Kong 爆仗
Senai (Huiyang) 炮仗
Huizhou Jixi 爆竹
Jin Taiyuan 炮仗, 炮, 鞭炮
Min Bei Jian'ou 爆仗, 百仗
Min Dong Fuzhou 炮仗, 炮
Min Nan Xiamen 炮仔, 炮
Quanzhou 炮仔, 炮
Zhangzhou 炮仔, 炮
Taipei 炮仔, 炮
Kaohsiung 炮仔, 炮
Penang (Hokkien) 炮
Singapore (Hokkien) 炮
Chaozhou 碰鰾
Shantou 碰鰾
Shantou (Chenghai) 碰鰾
Shantou (Chaoyang) 碰鰾
Jieyang 碰鰾
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 碰鰾
Singapore (Teochew) 碰鰾
Leizhou 炮仗, 炮仔
Wenchang 炮仗
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 炮竹
Wu Shanghai 炮仗, 鞭炮
Suzhou 炮仗
Danyang 炮仗
Hangzhou 炮仗
Ningbo 炮仗
Wenzhou 炮仗
Jinhua 炮仗
Xiang Changsha 炮竹, 鞭子
Loudi 爆竹子
Shuangfeng 爆竹
Coordinate terms

Compounds
Derived terms from 炮

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (炮):
  • → Japanese: 炮(ほう) (hō)
  • → Korean: 포(炮) (po)
  • → Vietnamese: pháo (炮)

Others:

  • → Tuvan: боо (boo)
  • Mongolic:
  • Tungusic:
    • → Manchu: ᡦᠣᠣ (poo)
    • → Nanai: пао
    • → Orok: пау
    • → Ulch: пау
  • → Nivkh: пʼау (pʼau)

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 炮
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 薄交切
Baxter baew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bˠau/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /baɨw/
Li
Rong		 /bau/
Wang
Li		 /bau/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 páo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 paau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炮
Reading # 2/2
No. 286
Phonetic
component		 勹
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 庖
Old
Chinese		 /*bruː/

Definitions

炮

  1. (historical) to wrap hirsute meat with mud and roast it on fire
  2. (by extension) to roast; to burn
  3. (traditional Chinese medicine) to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching
  4. Alternative form of 庖 (páo, “chef”).

Compounds
Derived terms from 炮

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

炮

  1. (cooking) to quick-fry (meat); to sauté
  2. to dry by heat

Compounds
Derived terms from 炮

Japanese

Kanji
炮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. sear
  2. roast, burn

Readings

Korean

Hanja

炮 • (po) (hangeul 포)

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Vietnamese

Han character

炮: Hán Nôm readings: pháo, than, bác, bào

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