炮pào
cannon, gun salute. 9 strokes, radical 火, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin pàoStrokes 9Radical 火Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 炮
Strokes 1–4 write 火, then strokes 5–9 write 包.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 炮 · the stroke-order rules
What 炮 is made of
火 (huǒ, fire) and 包 (bāo, wrap).
火 carries the meaning — fire — and 包 carries the sound.
Words that use 炮
| 炮 | cannon, gun salute 指发出巨响的火器 远处传来几声礼炮，有人把祭品拿走整理。A few rounds of gun salute sounded in the distance. Lesson 622, 清明扫墓 · 沧溟泛彩与物华天宝 · Aquatic Exploration & Natural Bounty |
Characters that share the sound part 包
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 火
All 19 of them, and what the radical means, on the 火 radical page.