砲

See also: 礮 and 炮
砲 U+7832, 砲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7832
← 砱
[U+7831] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 砳 →
[U+7833]

Translingual

Han character

砲 (radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口心口山 (MRPRU), four-corner 17612, composition ⿰石包)

References
  • KangXi: page 829, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24120
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1244, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2425, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7832

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 砲 – see 炮 (“large gun; cannon; artillery; firecracker; etc.”).
(This character, 砲, is a variant form of 炮.)

Japanese

Kanji
砲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. cannon, artillery

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
砲
ほう
Grade: S
on’yomi

/ɸeu/ → /hoː/

From Middle Chinese 炮 (MC pʰˠauH).

Pronunciation

Noun

砲 (hiragana ほう, rōmaji hō, historical hiragana はう)

  1. gun, firearm
  2. (by extension) Alternative spelling of 大砲 (“cannon, artillery”)

Suffix

砲 (hiragana ほう, rōmaji -hō, historical hiragana はう)

  1. gun
  2. cannon, artillery
  3. ordnance

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

砲 • (po)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 포 (revised: po, McCune–Reischauer: p'o, Yale: pho)
    • Name (hangeul): 대포 포
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Vietnamese

Han character

砲 (pháo)

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