炮烙

From Chinese 炮烙. Compare Mandarin 炮烙 (páolào).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ほーらく [hòórákú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

• (Tokyo) ほーろく [hòórókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

炮烙 (hiragana ほうらく, rōmaji hōraku, historical hiragana はうらく)
(alternative reading hiragana ほうろく, romaji hōroku, historical hiragana はうろく)

1. Alternative spelling of 焙烙
2. (historical) a paolao, a hot pillar for torture, said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang to entertain his consort Daji
   • 1996 November 1, Fujisaki, Ryū, “第だい３回かい　妲だっ己きちゃん 炮ほう烙らくを造つくる [Chapter 3: Daji-chan Devises the Paolao]”, in 封ほう神しん演えん義ぎ [Investiture of the Gods], volume 1 (fiction, paperback), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

     なっ…何なんだ　これは
     炮ほう烙らくですわん♡この中なかで炎ほのおを燃もやしあのふ・い・ご・で高こう温おんにすると　この銅どう柱ちゅうはまっ赤かになるのん♡そこに罪ざい人にんを抱だきつかせる———という処しょ刑けい道どう具ぐですわん♡

     Na'…Nan da kore wa
     Hōraku desu wan♡ Kono naka de honō o moyashi ano FUIGO de kōon ni suru to kono dōchū wa makka ni naru non♡ Soko ni zainin o dakitsukaseru ———to iu shokei dōgu desu wan♡

     Wh…What the hell are these?
     These are Paolao♡ We will set fire inside them with the BELLOWS over there, and once we do, these copper pillars will become hot red♡ And then we will push the criminal on them ———These are devices of execution♡