Read Edit View history 炮 pàobāopáo HSK6 large gun, cannon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas pào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 炮 Simp strokes 炮 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 炮 Simp strokes 炮 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 炮 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 158, 573 ], [ 163, 498 ], [ 151, 402 ] ], [ [ 433, 616 ], [ 402, 622 ], [ 314, 539 ], [ 313, 529 ] ], [ [ 244, 765 ], [ 269, 749 ], [ 291, 722 ], [ 283, 439 ], [ 267, 289 ], [ 244, 200 ], [ 204, 122 ], [ 148, 67 ], [ 102, 38 ] ], [ [ 296, 315 ], [ 365, 255 ], [ 383, 219 ] ], [ [ 568, 818 ], [ 594, 796 ], [ 605, 773 ], [ 592, 735 ], [ 529, 608 ], [ 486, 543 ], [ 450, 503 ] ], [ [ 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