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.
Radical: 86
Four-angle index: 7111
Karlgren code: 1113 g
Jianchuan Bai: phao6
Dali Bai: pho6
Bijiang Bai: pho6
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