Chinese symbol for “cannon”
炮
pào
cannon; measure word: 座 (zuò); firecracker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cannon is 炮 (pào), defined as: cannon; measure word: 座 (zuò); firecracker.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cannon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火炮 | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 火炮 (火砲) | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 加农炮 (加農炮) | jiā nóng pào | (loanword) cannon |
| 加农 (加農) | jiā nóng | (loanword) cannon |
| 大炮 (大砲) | dà pào | big gun; cannon |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大炮 (大砲) | dà pào | big gun; cannon |
| 炮弹 (炮彈) | pào dàn | artillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火炮 | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 炮击 (炮擊) | pào jī | to shell; to bombard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cannon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.