Read Edit View history Discussion 砲 pào HSK6 large gun, cannon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas pào ×báo ×pū × 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 砲 Simp strokes 砲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 砲 Simp strokes 砲 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 砲 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 155, 592 ], [ 220, 589 ], [ 292, 605 ], [ 393, 640 ], [ 442, 641 ] ], [ [ 303, 560 ], [ 282, 553 ], [ 269, 540 ], [ 225, 402 ], [ 171, 298 ], [ 94, 197 ], [ 54, 158 ] ], [ [ 181, 380 ], [ 211, 335 ], [ 244, 149 ] ], [ [ 236, 356 ], [ 248, 365 ], [ 341, 392 ], [ 372, 389 ], [ 392, 368 ], [ 390, 359 ], [ 367, 285 ], [ 343, 269 ] ], [ [ 261, 208 ], [ 270, 221 ], [ 339, 241 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676 317 Q 676 324 655 337 L 610 343 Q 607 343 604 341 Q 555 326 517 318 C 488 312 486 304 514 293 Z", "M 517 448 Q 507 457 491 463 Q 478 467 471 462 Q 464 458 469 441 Q 481 404 478 369 Q 463 162 481 104 Q 485 74 514 49 Q 604 -26 818 2 Q 837 6 859 11 Q 911 26 962 61 Q 983 77 969 104 Q 956 125 937 192 Q 936 208 929 214 Q 923 218 918 199 Q 888 126 871 104 Q 853 82 800 68 Q 677 38 576 78 Q 536 97 526 122 Q 502 173 514 293 L 517 318 Q 521 364 531 415 Q 532 419 532 424 C 534 438 534 438 517 448 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.