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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- pao4
- English meanings
- to sauté, to fry, to dry by heating, to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan), variant of 炮[pao4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 火; right 包.
Meaning & sound clues
火 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “fire”.
包 is identified as the sound component (bāo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 炮.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
variant of 刨[bao4]
to throw
soak
robe; gown
run
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 鞭炮
- 马后炮