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炮

pào

large gun, cannon; artillery

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 5 · TOCFL Level 3
Frequency
No. 1,440
Traditional
砲
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What 炮 means

to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating; to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan); cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮

Pictophonetic: semantic 火 (fire), phonetic 包

Made of 火 + 包

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