Chinese Character 炮 Meanings and components.

Form

炮

Meaning

炮 meaning[3] in English

To Sauté.

To Fry.

To Dry By Heating.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 炮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Huo (火) , and surname Bao (包)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with FPRU

How to write 炮

To write炮pao4to sauté you should write a combination of 火huo3surname Huo , 包bao1surname Bao arranged in a 吅 shape:

火 + 包 = 炮

炮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 炮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 炮, looks as follow:

炮
Pinyin:pao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sauté . To Fry . To Dry By Heating
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo
包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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