Character: 炮

Modern (Beijing) reading: páo pào

Preclassic Old Chinese: phrūs bhrū

Classic Old Chinese: phrūh

Western Han Chinese: phrǝ̄wh

Eastern Han Chinese: phrǝ̄wh

Early Postclassic Chinese: phǝ̣̄̀w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄̀w

Late Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄̀w

Middle Chinese: phạ̀w bạw

English meaning : to roast

Russian meaning[s]: жечь; жарить; выпаривать на огне; [pào] пушка, вм. 砲; [bāo] томить, тушить (мясо)

Comments: Related to 烰 *bh(r)u 'to roast; to steam' (where *bh- is corroborated by Fuzhou phu², pheu²). Also used in 炮** *bhrū-xrū 'be shouting and brawling'. Read also *phrū-s, MC phạ̀w (FQ 匹貌) id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology:

Dialectal data:

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 7111

Karlgren code: 1113 g

Jianchuan Bai: phao6

Dali Bai: pho6

Bijiang Bai: pho6