砲

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 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 4, page 2425, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7832

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Chinese

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	砲
Kyūjitai [1]	砲󠄁 砲+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	砲󠄃 砲+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

砲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. cannon, artillery

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: いしゆみ (ishiyumi, 砲); つつ (tsutsu, 砲)

Etymology

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

/ɸau/ → /ɸɔː/ → /ɸoː/ → /hoː/

From Middle Chinese 炮 (MC pʰˠau^H).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほ​ー [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

Noun

砲(ほう) • (hō) ^{←はう (fau)?}

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

Suffix

砲(ほう) • (-hō) ^{←はう (fau)?}

1. gun
2. cannon, artillery
3. ordnance

References

1. “砲”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 炮 (MC pʰˠau^H). Recorded as Middle Korean 포〯 (phwǒ) (Yale: phwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource砲 (eumhun 대포 포 (daepo po))

1. Hanja form^? of 포 (“cannon”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 대포 (大砲, daepo)
• 포문 (砲門, pomun)
• 발포 (發砲, balpo)
• 포탄 (砲彈, potan)
• 포병 (砲兵, pobyeong)
• 포화 (砲火, pohwa)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

砲: Hán Nôm readings: pháo

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