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炮
bāo
1. to sauté
2. to fry
3. to dry by heating
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

炮
pào
cannon, artillery
HSK 5 9 丶

Alternate Entries

炮
páo
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
炮
pào
cannon / CL:[[座<zuò>]] / firecracker
炮
pào
variant of [[炮<pào>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
913
Word Frequency Rank
2,161 of 84,292