炮艇
pào​tǐng

gunboat

炮 pào large gun, cannon Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰruːs
bruː

說文解字

《說文》：“炮，毛炙肉也。从火，包聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

艇 tǐng small boat

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 廷 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
廷
廷 Sound component
tíng court

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'eːŋʔ

說文解字

小舟也。从舟廷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

砲 pào, báo, pū large gun, cannon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode