花炮 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huāpào

firecracker

huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化 Sound component

huà change

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwae	qʷʰˤra	flower (n.)

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

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

包 Sound component

bāo wrap

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pʰruːs
	bruː

《說文》：“炮，毛炙肉也。从火，包聲。”