炮

bāo
#912 most
frequent character
to sauté, to fry, to dry by heating

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

炮 joins 火 fire with 包 bāo, which gives the sound. It first meant roasting an animal without removing the fur. Read bāo, it grew to frying; read pào, to cannon or firecracker; read páo, to pan-roasting medicine.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

炮páo
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
炮pào
cannon, firecracker
炮pào
variant of 炮[pao4]

Homophones

HSK 3
包bāo
to cover, to wrap, to hold
煲bāo
. pot
剥bāo
to peel
胞bāo
placenta, womb, born of the same parents

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