Unicode: U+792E

Pinyin: pào

Definition

* 古代以机发石的兵器。也作"砲"。 * 用纸包石灰硫磺、运机发射的一种兵器,时称霹雳砲。 * 火炮

ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones a cannon, a gun

Structure

礮 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC