 | 炮 | ||
| large gun, cannon; artillery | |||
| Radical | 火灬 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | pào bāo páo | Cantonese reading | baau1 paau3 |
| Japanese on reading | hou | Japanese kun reading | aburu |
| Korean reading | pho | Vietnamese reading | pháo |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 砲 炰 礮 | ||
| Specialized Semantic Variant(s) |
炰 | ||
| 炮 | [ pào ] cannon, gun, firecracker |
| 炮 | [ pào ] gun, cannon |
| 炮彈 | [ pào dàn ] (artillery) shell |
| 炮弹 | [ pào dàn ] (artillery) shell |
| 炮火 | [ pào hǔo ] (n) artillery barrage; gunfire |
| 炮手 | [ pào shǒu ] gunner |
| 炮台 | [ pào tái ] battery |
| ⇒ 鞭炮 | [ bīan pào ] firecrackers, a string of small firecrackers |
| ⇒ 打橫炮 | [ dǎ héng pào ] speak unwarrantedly |
| ⇒ 打横炮 | [ dǎ héng pào ] speak unwarrantedly |
| ⇒ 大炮 | [ dà pào ] cannon |
| ⇒ 大炮 | [ dà pào ] artillery |
| ⇒ 虎蹲炮 | [ hǔ dūn pào ] a short-barreled mortar, an ancient catapult |
| ⇒ 加農炮 | [ jīa nóng pào ] (n) cannon |
| ⇒ 加农炮 | [ jīa nóng pào ] (n) cannon |
| ⇒ 禮炮 | [ lǐ pào ] a gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute), salvo |
| ⇒ 礼炮 | [ lǐ pào ] a gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute), salvo |