pào​qiān

rock drill

pào large gun, cannon

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
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
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

qiān tool for boring holes Simplified

A metal  awl  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundMeaning component
qiān thousand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

tool for boring holes Traditional

A metal  awl  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
SoundMeaning component
qiān thousand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode