Memory phrase for the character: 炮

炮

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Meaning

cannon, artillery, firecracker

Pronunciation

pào

Explanation

Left: fire 火, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)

Mnemonic

The fire that is enwrapped is the cannon.

Radicals

火	fire	Also this radical 灬 stands for fire.
包	package, to cover, to wrap	The upper part 勹 itself already stands for "to enwrap" Actually it is with a "snake" 巳, but simplified understood as a variation of self 己.

Vocabulary

大炮	dà pào	big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big
弩炮	nǔ pào	catapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)

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