砲
pào HSK6

large gun, cannon

炮 pào frequency
variant 砲
cannon noun
large military weapon that fires shells; cannon-shaped piece in Chinese chess
firecracker
small explosive charge in a paper casing used for noise
砲 pào
cannon
a heavy weapon that fires projectiles, originally referring to machines for throwing stones but now specifically guns with a caliber over 20mm; artillery; gun
explosive
a hole filled with explosives for blasting rocks or earth
firecracker
a firecracker; a small explosive designed to produce a loud noise
mound
(geomancy) a small mound or rise on the ground, smaller than a 墩 dūn

Frequency
Character
Written text
7,465th most common 0.031 per million
Movie subtitles
5,088th most common 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.08 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
21.8 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+7832

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)